Ethical Alternatives & Resources
Tools, services and organisations that do less harm than the default choice, in 43 categories. We’re re-checking every entry against our checklist, one category at a time.
Broadband
Broadband and phone providers owned by their members or communities, or with no shareholders at all. For ethical broadband, the questions are who owns the provider and where its profits go. Most are in the UK, plus a telecoms co-op in Catalonia.
Our top picks: B4RN, a community benefit society bringing gigabit full fibre to rural northern England from £35 a month. It can never be bought by a commercial operator; the trade-off is that it only reaches places it has built. And Green ISP, a not-for-profit from Hebden Bridge since 2003, with full fibre from £34.50 a month and an office on solar power.
How we choose: we check every provider against the 6 principles in our manifesto (who owns it and how it makes money, what it collects, how it treats people, honesty, openness and staying power). Last checked on 13 October 2026.
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B4RN
Community-owned full fibre for the rural north of England, gigabit from £35 a month
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Som Connexió
Catalan telecoms co-operative for mobile and fibre, with no minimum contract term
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Green ISP
Not-for-profit broadband from Hebden Bridge since 2003, full fibre from £34.50 a month
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GreenNet
Not-for-profit email owned by an educational charity, on renewable power, from £60 a year
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OurCoop Broadband and Mobile
Broadband and mobile from OurCoop, a UK consumer co-operative with over a million members