obviously there's no need to reply to this if you're slackers or SA chris.
Presumably this was partially because you didn't have this available knowledge beforehand? Now that you do, do you think, do you think it will influence your buying decisions? Maybe not a key influence, but at least a factor?
I'm surprised some people haven't heard of Deuter.
The concept of an 'ethical' business is a paradox. Businesses make money by exploiting someone else - whether it be customers, workers, tax laws etc... or all of the former to varying degrees.
I was just about to mention Tesco and ethical double standards and you've stolen my thunder / punter points. Ps are you up for a beer in Manchester soon comrade?
would it? what kind of things would a company have to write to influence you? then would they have to tell you how this compares to the other brands ethics for the same product type? i bought some prana hemp trousers, not because i read the endless blurb pr bullshit which i don't believe for one minute, because i liked the feel of them running through my fingers. i don't think if you see a nice TNF jacket you'll stop to think how it was made. i think you'll think thats cheap or on sale, or thats nicer or more apt, than jacket x in the same price range so i'll shell out on that. obviously there's no need to reply to this if you're slackers or SA chris. I'm talking clothing here not hardware
When I worked in a well reputed outdoor shop I always thought it was bollocks that patagonia marketed themselves as being super green and friendly. Every year they'd massivley over produce their products for that season and end up with a huge clearance list (hence you used to see alot of patagonia sales kicking about). I'm not sure if they are any better now but they certainly weren't the best. I think any green claims they made were probably offset by the the amount of flyers they had printed telling everyone how green they were.