As many readers of this blog will know, I am a director of the Fair Tax Mark. Today marks the launch of its Fair Tax Map and I think it has some good reason to be excited by it. For the first time, you can see what shops and other businesses in your area are Fair Tax Mark accredited.
There are nearly 1,500 shops and offices on the map, and every single one has our certified seal of approval for their corporation tax practices. There's everything from nurseries to supermarkets, from grocers to coffee companies. You can search them now.
As the Fair Tax Mark say:
The public has been shouting loud about corporation tax avoidance for years now and there have been many great campaigns to try to address it. Some of these campaigns have recommended boycotting the baddies, but taking money away is only half the story.
We need to ensure we're supporting those businesses doing the right thing, and the Fair Tax Mark helps you to identify who they are.
We know the public wants this positive way to tackle tax avoidance: in fact, new polling by ICM has found that 77% of UK adults would rather shop with a company which can prove it pays its fair share of corporation tax. Imagine if all of us decided to support these Fair Tax Mark companies — we'd be creating a powerful movement for a fairer economy.
The Map has support:
Give it a go.
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From a quick search, it seems about 900 of these 1,500 locations are accounted for by the Co-op, and nearly 100 by Lush. Still, it is a start.
What would say Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi, Waitrose have to do to get on the list? Are any of them trying? (Given its ownership model, perhaps easier for Waitrose than the others…)
Compared to the spread of Fair Trade we’re going at rocket speed
We hope there will be more
Are there Co-Operative bank branches included on the maps, and if so, will you be reviewing their affiliation after the business is sold ?
No
What an excellent idea! Far more compelling than a list of logos.
There are 1,500 sites? But the co-op group have >2500 sites! Why only a few, or are you working on that?
Not all coop group are members
Excellent, but seems to be almost exclusively Scotmid in Scotland.
Is there a list somewhere behind the map? That would allow me to find Scottish companies that are signed up.