Introduction
Some of the products we buy from supermarkets and high street shops have been made by slaves. Well known companies have abused human rights, destroyed the environment and put lives at risk.
As consumers, we have more power even than governments to change things. We can boycott companies, not buying any of their products or services. We can raise awareness, letting other people know about what they are doing. Simply asking your local newsagent to stock Fair Trade chocolate bars like Dubble will make a difference.
Boycotts and campaigns
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Since the Nigerian government hanged 9 environmental activists in 1995 for speaking out against exploitation by Royal Dutch/Shell and the Nigeria government, outrage has exploded worldwide... |
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"Marketing practices that undermine breastfeeding are potentially hazardous wherever they are pursued: in the developing world, WHO estimates that some 1.5 million children die each year because they are not adequately breastfed. These facts are not in dispute." UNICEF |
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You have to meet the quota before you can go home. She hit all 15 team leaders in turn from the first one to the fifteenth... The physical pain didn't last long, |
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Many nutritionists argue that the type of high fat, low fibre diet promoted by McDonald's is linked to serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes. The sort of diseases that are now responsible for nearly three-quarters of premature deaths in the western world... |
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KFC suppliers cram birds into huge waste-filled factories, breed and drug them to grow so large that they can’t even walk, and often break their wings and legs. At slaughter, the birds’ throats are slit and they are dropped into tanks of scalding-hot water—often while they are still conscious.... |
