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Ethos magazine Good stories | Good people | Good business. A magazine for and about ethical entrepreneurs, innova

Good stories | Good people | Good business

A magazine for and about ethical entrepreneurs, innovation and sustainability.

“At Fritz Hansen we strongly believe that initiatives pointing us and others towards a conscious and sustainable approac...
17/09/2026

“At Fritz Hansen we strongly believe that initiatives pointing us and others towards a conscious and sustainable approach to people and planet, are the way forward,” Christian Andresen, creative experience director at Fritz Hansen explained in Ethos 22 🪑

“We believe that good design should last, and that quality and the ability to repair and keep is a future we will continue to work with and expand to other products in our collection."

While sustainability may be on everyone’s lips at Danish design company Fritz Hansen, it’s about more than materials – it’s about making enduring products you’ll want to keep forever.

Nicola Capper found out more when she set foot inside Fritz Hansen’s headquarters, just a 30-minute drive north of central Copenhagen.

🔗 Read all about what she learned from the Danish design legend on our site: https://ethos-magazine.com/a-legacy-to-live-by/

🔗 Or with your very own copy of Ethos 22: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

Accessibility isn’t just about compliance. It’s about keeping up with a changing world 🌍In their column for our tenth an...
15/09/2026

Accessibility isn’t just about compliance. It’s about keeping up with a changing world 🌍

In their column for our tenth anniversary issue, Ethos 23, Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis - co-writers of Accessible Communications - explore how accessibility is changing the way organisations think about their workplaces, customers and digital spaces.

As remote working and digital communication continue to reshape how we interact with businesses, expectations are changing too. Organisations need to think beyond physical access and consider how inclusive their entire experience is; both online and offline.

From Tokyo to Toronto, London to Melbourne, the way an organisation approaches accessibility says something about its values.

What was once treated as a box to tick is becoming a powerful force for change, influencing consumer expectations, business strategies and the future of inclusion.

Want to know what that future of accessibility could look like?

🔗 Read Lisa and Matisse’s full column on our website: https://ethos-magazine.com/the-role-of-accessibility/

🔗 Or get your own copy of Accessible Communications: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/accessible-communications-create-impact-avoid-missteps-and-build-trust-lisa-riemers/c5ec076c5d863022?ean=9781398621848&aid=9184

(If you buy the books linked to our site, we earn a commission from Bookshop.org whose fees support independent bookshops.)⁠

Keep an eye on our socials; we’re not far off from revealing all about our next issue… 👀🤩Until then, though, why not tre...
12/09/2026

Keep an eye on our socials; we’re not far off from revealing all about our next issue… 👀🤩

Until then, though, why not treat yourself to our current issue (or something from our back catalogue)?

Ethos 24 - out now - is about sharing. Sharing ideas, stories, skills and things. Things you can borrow, things you didn’t know you needed, and things that make the world a little fairer.

Our cover stars are Divine Chocolate – the only chocolate company in the world part-owned by the farmers who grow its cocoa. We travel to Antarctica with one of 11 young scholars selected to explore the Ross Sea. We visit Utrecht’s remarkable Spectacle of Books, Oslo’s most famous chair designer and a national park in Mozambique that’s become Africa’s greatest restoration project.

Back home, we look at how artists are pushing back against AI, how denim can be made slowly and thoughtfully, and how borrowing might just be the most radical thing you can do in 2026. Sam Conniff shares his toolkit for coping with uncertainty while Wade Jeffree and Leta Sobierajski talk about creativity and the machine. And Dr Claire Kaye offers a Strength Recognition Audit for women who know exactly what they’re capable of.

132 pages. Beautifully designed. Worth reading slowly.

🔗 Get your copy (and more like it) right now on our website: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-24/

We’re halfway through Zero Waste Week! ♻️🌱If you have taken part and have made conscious choices to reduce your waste, w...
09/09/2026

We’re halfway through Zero Waste Week! ♻️🌱

If you have taken part and have made conscious choices to reduce your waste, we hope Zero Waste Week will be just the start of a new approach for the weeks, months and years to come, too.

If you feel you haven’t made much of an impact though, then don’t worry - those small steps, over time, all add up to real change for ourselves, our communities and the wider environment.

If you aren’t sure where to start either then we’re here to help, too! We set out a full year of green swaps in 2024; a year-long campaign to help people make small changes and swap everyday objects for a greener, cleaner and more sustainable lifestyle.

🔗 All 12 challenges can be found here on our linktree: https://linktr.ee/ethos_mag

What changes have you made in your life so far to take part and be more sustainable? Let us know in the comments below 👇

‘750 million people around the world still can't read. That's 1 in 10, and the consequences reach into every part of the...
08/09/2026

‘750 million people around the world still can't read. That's 1 in 10, and the consequences reach into every part of their lives.’

That’s from the World Literacy Foundation, and it underlines a global problem that often flies under the radar. Illiteracy helps contribute to so many societal problems including poverty, poor health, gender inequality and so much more.

Which is why days like today’s International Literacy Day are so important. Since 1967, ILD has taken place on 8 September around the world to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy.

There are so many things we can do, too, to help combat illiteracy right now. Donate some books to a charity. Help support your local library. Write to MPs and policy makers to highlight the problem and potential community-led solutions. Point people in the direction of organisations like Project Gutenberg that host free ebooks…

We hope you’ll help spread word about . You can find out more about it - and the problems illiteracy causes and how you can help - on the UNESCO website here: https://www.unesco.org/en/days/literacy

We’re still in the throes of summer, which means there’s still plenty of time to add an amazing new read to your list fr...
05/09/2026

We’re still in the throes of summer, which means there’s still plenty of time to add an amazing new read to your list from the Ethos bookshelf! 🤓📖

Contributor Faaiza Akbor told us about You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat for Ethos 23 - our tenth anniversary issue. “I’ve been wanting to read more stories by Palestinian authors recently,” says Faaiza. “This novel follows an unnamed Palestinian-American woman who has many self-sabotaging tendencies, as she tries to fill a void by constantly moving to places while falling into questionable relationships.

“The book explores cultural and spiritual identity, addiction and familial issues. She felt familiar to people I have come across and it offered me a lot of insight. I found myself rooting for her, despite her flaws and wrong-doings. Ultimately, she realises she is on a quest for something that’s not completely there: a homeland and a mother.”

Find out more about You Exist Too Much and so many other titles on the Ethos bookshelf here: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/you-exist-too-much-zaina-arafat/6c9a97e24d12c68a?ean=9781646220595&listref=read-around-our-current-issue-23&aid=9184&bkshp-astro=t

(If you buy the books linked to our site, we earn a commission from Bookshop.org whose fees support independent bookshops.)⁠
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Next week is Zero Waste Week! ♻️🚯We think it’s a great annual cause and it’s easy to join in! Founded by Rachelle Straus...
03/09/2026

Next week is Zero Waste Week! ♻️🚯

We think it’s a great annual cause and it’s easy to join in! Founded by Rachelle Strauss in 2008, Zero Waste Week is designed to help householders, businesses, organisations, schools, universities and community groups reduce landfill waste so you can save money, preserve resources and protect the environment.

The Zero Waste Week website has tips, resources and much more information on how you can be part of the solution. Find out all about it here: https://www.zerowasteweek.co.uk/

And let us know how you’re going to join in this !

With reading levels falling globally, access to free, online books – via local libraries and other places – can help bui...
01/09/2026

With reading levels falling globally, access to free, online books – via local libraries and other places – can help build confidence and literacy skills. And no one does it better than Project Gutenberg 📖🤓

You can visit Project Gutenberg’s website and download to keep (or read online through a web browser) a seminal piece of literature on your phone, tablet, eReader or computer, right now, for free.

It’s all thanks to the inventor of the eBook as we know it today - Michael Hart (who sadly passed away aged 64, in September 2011).

Project Gutenberg still thrives more than 50 years after its inception. Today, Project Gutenberg’s online library teems with more than 75,000 free eBooks in a number of formats; history’s greatest classics mixed with other more contemporary titles that you only need a web browser, Kindle or ePub app to read.

“The volunteer base is perhaps our most valuable asset,” CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, Dr Greg Newby tells us, “and it’s important to me that they get all the support needed.”

Read all about the amazing work Project Gutenberg does to keep reading free in Ethos 23: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-23/

Have you read Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar Lewis’s brilliant The Uncertainty Toolkit yet? 🔧🏴‍☠️We spoke more with S...
30/08/2026

Have you read Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar Lewis’s brilliant The Uncertainty Toolkit yet? 🔧🏴‍☠️

We spoke more with Sam about his latest book in the latest issue of Ethos - out now - where we explored more about how it’s been written to help people feel calmer, happier and more confident in an uncertain world.

Based on cutting-edge science and illustrated with personal accounts from ‘uncertainty experts’ – unlikely heroes including ex-prisoners, former addicts, refugees, gangland bosses and hostages who have channelled their exceptional experiences of extreme unpredictability into success in the mainstream world – The Uncertainty Toolkit’s designed to help, whether you’re struggling with uncertainty around work, health, relationships or the state of the world.

We highly recommend it, and you can get your copy now (and see what else we've been reading at Ethos) on our Bookshop.org page:

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-uncertainty-toolkit-how-to-feel-calmer-happier-and-more-confident-in-an-uncertain-world-katherine-templar-lewis/b96048146bae8d82⁠
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(If you buy the books linked to our site, we earn a commission from Bookshop.org whose fees support independent bookshops.)⁠
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‘I co-founded a campaign called Green Rider, which uses the influence of actors and creatives to help negotiate for clea...
28/08/2026

‘I co-founded a campaign called Green Rider, which uses the influence of actors and creatives to help negotiate for cleaner greener practices in the film and TV industry,’ British-Nigerian actor and activist Fehinti Balogun tells us in our latest issue 📺🎥

‘We’ve helped reduce carbon emissions by up to 80% on productions like Gangs of London, The Capture and Wolf Hall. We’re also working hard to change the culture around sustainability, equality and fairness on set.’

Read Eva Tinsley’s full chat with Fehinti which includes more about Green Rider, Fehinti’s current and favourite projects, his inspirations, how art and film can be a driving force for change, and so much more - only in Ethos 24, out now!

🔗 - https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-24/

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