Want to buy ethical food? Scan with your phone for fast facts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Whether buying a fish fillet at a supermarket or ordering steak in a restaurant, consumers will soon be able to use their phones to check instantly whether their food is green and ethical. Launched by environmental group WWF and investment firm BCG Digital Ventures, OpenSC is a website that harnesses blockchain technology to allow […]
Jeans made by kids? People “forget” facts when buying unethical products, study finds
Thomson Reuters Foundation Consumers who knowingly buy products that have been made unethically – using child labour or endangered trees – may cope by forgetting the truth about their origins, researchers said. In an online study by Ohio State University (OSU) in the United States, people who were asked to put together an outfit with […]