Corporate Research Database

Our Database

Our Corporate Research Database is a unique resource that contains over 25 years of high quality, stress-tested research, compiled by the independent, not-for-profit co-operative Ethical Consumer Research Association.

The database contains information on over 2,500 companies and brands, including data on their environmental reporting, climate policies, supply chain management, animal testing policies and much more.

We track company practice and adherence to company policy, through monitoring news and business media as well as campaign group sources from around the world. Read more about how we conduct our research >

The records are regularly updated by our team of highly qualified researchers, who specialise in a range of topics.

Unlike most business databases, we rely on the accuracy of our data for regular publication (in Ethical Consumer print magazine and consumer website).

Watch a brief overview about the corporate research database:

Who uses our ethical corporate research database and why? 

Our Corporate Research Database is used by a wide range of charities, NGOs, and businesses with ethics at the heart of their organisation who are keen to do their due diligence and research potential clients, partners, suppliers, or sponsors.

Many charities have become more aware of the importance of due diligence after high profile organisations have been criticised for links with sectors increasingly seen as unethical, such as fossil fuel companies. But it's not just the obviously oil companies that can be problematic, smaller seemingly 'good' donors may not be a suitable fit for a charity. Read our article on why supply chain due diligence is important for charities.

How our corporate research database works

Once you subscribe, you are able to use the search tools to easily search for the records of suppliers, sponsors, contractors and competitors. A ready-made report will provide you with a rapid understanding of:

• corporate structure, ownership data and related brands.
• an organisation’s overall ethical rating from 0 to 100.

The subscription will also allow you to deep dive and view individual stories with referenced and dated sources for ethical issues relating to a company.

You can search our database in different ways, for example, searching for a company by name, or a particular topic (story), like palm oil.

We explain more about how to use the database in our separate feature:

Differences between the Corporate Research Database and our consumer site

There are some differences between the Corporate Research Database on this site, and our consumer site

• The Corporate Research Database contains many more companies than the consumer site. The companies that feature on the consumer site are only those that have been researched for our ‘shopping guides’ for the Ethical Consumer magazine. The Corporate Research Database contains all these companies, plus all those that have been researched as part of our corporate screenings service.
• The Corporate Research Database allows you to export a company’s data into a ready-made document template.
• The consumer site is aimed at consumers, while the Corporate Research Database is primarily aimed at NGOs, charities, businesses, and academics.
• The Corporate Research Database contains historic data that is older than five years old. 

Subscribe to our Corporate Research Database

We offer different subscription rates depending on whether the subscription is for a commercial business or a not-for-profit / academic institution.

We also offer discounts depending on the size of your institution.

Commercial

• 3 months: £500 (+VAT)
• 12 months: £1200 (+VAT)

Academic / Not-for-Profit / Co-operative

• 3 months: £360 (+VAT)
• 12 months: £850 (+VAT)

Discounts according to size of institution

If your organisation has an annual turnover of under £10.2m a discounted rate is available:

• Under £5m: 10% discount
• Between £5m-£10.2m: 5% discount

Subscribe today to gain full access to data on over 2,500 companies, brands and organisations, from multinational corporations to small independent co-operatives.

To find out more, to request a free demonstration or to subscribe, please email database@ethicalconsumer.org, or telephone Alex Crumbie or Katalin Csatadi on +44 (0)161 226 2929.