Monday, August 17, 2009

Consumer power works

It was very satisfying to see the big headline on stuff.co.nz this morning: "Cadbury stops using palm oil in chocolate". Buyers of chocolate, including Auckland Zoo, were so offended by the revelation that Cadbury's had started using palm oil (presented as "vegetable fat") in its chocolate that they (a) stopped buying it and (b) made their outrage known all over the media and the net. So now Cadbury's has backed down and apologised.

Now for some time, ever since I saw China Blue, I have had a little fantasy going about starting up a campaign to encourage mail-order sellers of cheap clothing to avoid using exploitative sub-contractors. But my lack of tech-savvy gets in the way. If anyone has any brilliant ideas about how this could be done, get in touch.

PS: Thanks very much for all the warm comments on my skiting!

There's a new Letter from Elsewhere up on Scoop at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00133.htm

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