About Shop Ethical!
The SHOP ETHICAL! app gives you the low-down on the environmental and social record of companies behind common brands you buy in Australian supermarkets and beyond. Shop with a clear conscience! The most comprehensive...
The SHOP ETHICAL! app gives you the low-down on the environmental and social record of companies behind common brands you buy in Australian supermarkets and beyond. Shop with a clear conscience! The most comprehensive guide to ethical shopping in Australia, Shop Ethical! has been designed to provide consumers with the easiest way to make informed purchasing decisions. The Shop Ethical! app provides consumers instant access to over 5,000 products with related company information and lets them make an informed and ethical decision whenever they shop. By shopping ethically consumers can send a strong message for change and help support the practices that make our world a better place to live in. The Shop Ethical! app uses the latest data from the Shop Ethical! website (ethical.org.au) and is also available as a book. The Shop Ethical! app has been downloaded thousands of times since 2010, and the Shop Ethical! book has sold over 135,000 copies since 2008. Company ratings are based on information gathered from over 50 sources including the work of organisations such as Greenpeace, Choose Cruelty Free, WWF, Rank a Brand and Friends of the Earth. Shop Ethical! is a collaboration between the Ethical Consumer Group and Outware Mobile. AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 7 NEWS! CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS :
Best app I have, I use it daily and it's changed the way I see the world.
Emma, VIC
Simply, "Thank you." I am so grateful that you have done all the hard work, so that lazy/tired/child-distracted mothers like me can confidently tell their whining 8 year olds "no, we are not buying that, because the people who will get our money hurt other people and/or animals".
I have always wanted this information but have never had the spare energy to go and find it myself. You have done a brilliant job. Please let me know if you have a panel of testers or proof readers which requires more members, or any other way in which I can contribute to your efforts from home while Miss 8 sleeps. I have been forwarding your "tell a friend" message onto everyone I know who has an iPhone.
Annie, Boronia, VIC
AWESOME app!! Thanks guys. I'm a naturopath that tries to educate my patients on the benefits of ethical shopping and living sustainably. Will definitely be recommending this app to my patients. Great work!
Elise, Vic
Thank you big time for this app!! It's so easy to use at the supermarket and clarifies so many of the issues surrounding products and companies, making the weekly shop fit better with my conscience. My kids are also able to look and see if their favourite things are positive or negative and can make their own ethical shopping decisions. Brilliant!!!
Sara, Canberra This app works on both iPhone and iPad. It is optimised for smartphones, not tablets.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Shop Ethical! since it was posted on our website on 2016-10-04 01:25:37.
The latest version is 2.5.0 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 12:41:43. See below the changes in each version.
Shop Ethical! version 2.5.0
Updated At: 2026-06-02
Changes: Version History - Major upgrade to our ratings system, introducing eight new tiers: A+, A-, B+, B-, C+, C-, D+, and D-
- Company assessment pages now display the "Last Updated" date at the bottom.
- Lots of minor improvements
- Full data update 2.5.0 03/26/2025 - We have brought app development in-house, so free data updates over wi-fi will be coming much more often (every 1-3 months)
- Full data update
- Bug fix: sharing feedback by email now works with Gmail and other mail apps 2.4.6 07/24/2024 - We have streamlined our data update process. Every time you start the app it will check for new data, which will be coming through much more regularly.
- Full data update
- Many broken links fixed 2.4.5 11/22/2019 - Major data update, including a full review of supermarket products
- Categorisation improvements, particularly in Food & Drink
- Many broken links fixed
To increase security it is now a requirement that all web traffic in the app is sent via SSL. We are in the process of updating the links within our app to comply with this requirement however some of the target websites are not compatible. We'll continue making updates to ensure there's as many working links as possible. 2.4.4 02/12/2019 Full data update, including:
- New product type: Thongs/Sandals
- New product type: Activewear
- 'Online' subcategory expanded to include Video Streaming, Music Streaming, Social Media & E-commerce
- Over 30 new company profiles
- Over 100 new brand/product listings
Due to a recent change to the iOS operating system outgoing links to webpages that are not https will not work. This is causing many of the links in our app to not load up. We will update as many of our links as possible for the next update. 2.4.3 11/01/2017 DB Update 2.4 05/16/2017 • Full data update
• New feature: Alternatives beyond the mainstream - on some product types you can now view our listings of recommended products which are not available in mainstream stores
• New category: Appliances
• New product type: Clothing stores
• Over 80 new company profiles
• Over 300 new brand listings
• Over 9000 new barcodes, total 76,409
• Updated data from two new Behind the Barcode reports
• Updated data from ClimateCounts.org
• Major clothing data update 2.3 09/01/2016 • Full data update
• New category: Appliances
• New product type: Clothing stores
• Over 80 new company profiles
• Over 300 new brand listings
• Over 9000 new barcodes, bringing total to 76,409
• Updated data from two new Behind the Barcode reports
• Added data from Fashion Transparency Index
• Updated data from ClimateCounts.org
• Major clothing data update 2.2.2 07/05/2016 • Barcode scanner
• Full database update – while preparing for the eighth edition of our print guide, we have done a major update of supermarket products
• 39 company profiles and 77 products added
• Condiments and Sauces category rejigged
• Company facebook and twitter links now available
• New Company Feedback mechanism
• Search Results page improvements
• Other minor improvements 2.2.0 02/10/2016 • New category - Electronics
• New ratings system and improved methodology
• New products tab on company profiles
• Improved ‘Important Issues’ navigation
• 118 company profiles and 186 products added
• Heaps more minor data updates
Our ratings system has been taken to the next level. The ticks and crosses have been replaced with the traditional letter grades system, A B C D F.
The new system is more intuitive and user-friendly, while also better representing the company assessment data the Shop Ethical team have amassed over the last 10 years.
Check out Get Informed -> About our Assessments for the full rundown. 2.1.1 05/07/2015 • New category - Electronics
• New ratings system and improved methodology
• New products tab on company profiles
• Improved ‘Important Issues’ navigation
• 118 company profiles and 186 products added
• Heaps more minor data updates
Our ratings system has been taken to the next level. The ticks and crosses have been replaced with the traditional letter grades system, A B C D F.
The new system is more intuitive and user-friendly, while also better representing the company assessment data the Shop Ethical team have amassed over the last 10 years.
Check out Get Informed -> About our Assessments for the full rundown. 2.1 04/21/2015 New look - a complete visual refresh!
Major data update, including:
• 50 new company profiles
• 200+ new product listings
• New category - Retail
• Assessment data updated
• New product type - Tomato/BBQ Sauce
• Ownership changes updated, including David Jones, Peters Ice Cream, Black Swan, Beam, Gloria Jeans and Harvey Fresh
• Plus heaps more minor updates 2.0.0 11/10/2014 Bug Fixes 1.4.0 12/19/2013 Reverted our name back to the classic Shop Ethical! with one exclamation mark! 1.3.556 03/20/2013 - iPhone 5 compatible
- Completely reworked categories
- 20 new company profiles added
- 25 new brands added
- Newsweek Green Rankings 2012 assessment data added
- Climate Counts assessment data updated
- Sow Stall commitment assessment data added
- Other minor data updates and bug fixes 1.3.555 02/20/2013 Bug fix 1.2 11/06/2012 Thanks for using Shop Ethical!
This update contains the following:
- Bug fixes
- Legend Screen update 1.1 04/30/2012 1.0 02/16/2012
Shop Ethical! version 2.5.0
Updated At: 2025-03-26
Changes: Mar 26, 2025
Version 2.5.0
- Major upgrade to our ratings system, introducing eight new tiers: A+, A-, B+, B-, C+, C-, D+, and D-
- Company assessment pages now display the "Last Updated" date at the bottom.
- Lots of minor improvements
- Full data update
Shop Ethical! version 2.5.0
Updated At: 2025-03-26
Changes: - Major upgrade to our ratings system, introducing eight new tiers: A+, A-, B+, B-, C+, C-, D+, and D-
- Company assessment pages now display the "Last Updated" date at the bottom.
- Lots of minor improvements
- Full data update
Shop Ethical! version 2.4.6
Updated At: 2024-07-24
Changes: Jul 24, 2024
Version 2.4.6
- We have brought app development in-house, so free data updates over wi-fi will be coming much more often (every 1-3 months)
- Full data update
- Bug fix: sharing feedback by email now works with Gmail and other mail apps
Shop Ethical! version 2.4.5
Updated At: 2019-11-22
Changes: Nov 22, 2019
Version 2.4.5
- We have streamlined our data update process. Every time you start the app it will check for new data, which will be coming through much more regularly.
- Full data update
- Many broken links fixed
Shop Ethical! version 2.3
Updated At: 2012-02-16
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