Companies

Amazon

retail

5 👺

Amazon is an American online retail and tech conglomerate which has funded climate change denial groups [1], issued propaganda to local news stations [2][3], sent thousands of items of unused stock to landfill [4][5], avoided billions in tax [6], violated privacy laws [7][8], discriminated against black and female employees [9][10], mistreated workers [11][12], aggressively opposed unionisation [13][14][15] and engaged in anticompetitive practices [16][17][18].

eBay

ecommerce

60 😊

eBay is an American ecommerce company which has avoided tax [1] and been ranked as the worst ecommerce site for carbon emissions [2], while eBay employees launched a harassment and stalking campaign against a journalist [3]. eBay sales saved 87 million items from landfill in 2021 [4].

Etsy

ecommerce

70 😊

Etsy is an American ecommerce website that has lost its B Corp status [1] and faced backlash from its sellers over fees [2] and witholding of funds [3]. Etsy carbon-offsets deliveries [4] and provides a plaform to small independent businesses [5].

FedEx

ecommerce

45 😐

Fedex is an American shipping and logistics company that spends tens of millions of dollars lobbying the federal government [1], benefitted from tax cuts without subsequently increasing investment as promised [2], distributed drugs without prescriptions [3], and pressured employees into working through the pandemic even if they were sick [4]. Fedex has made significant emissions savings through fuel conservation programs [5] but their 2021 annual report still states that they may struggle to reach their climate targets [6].