When you walk down the aisle at your local supermarket, how often to you consider how the products are made, who made them and the process of production it went through to get to the shelf in front of you? Think about what you buy before you buy it and use your purchasing power to reduce the market for goods produced using exploited labour.
If a company isn’t being honest and transparent about where its raw materials come from and how its products have been made, then you can use your power as a consumer to make them!
Consumers have a big influence over businesses as they will supply what you demand. As a result, if more people buy ethical products, the demand for cheap goods made with forced or child labour will be reduced.
Take Action:
Vote with your dollar! Buy ethically certified products and encourage others in your community to do the same.- Use the Ethical Consumer Guide to help you decide which products to buy.
- How many slaves do you have? Take this test and see how your lifestyle habits may contribute to human trafficking and slavery worldwide. Then share your results and educate more people about labour exploitation today! Visit Slavery Footprint.
- Consider the gift that keeps on giving and purchase from World Vision’s Gift Catalogue.