Be an Ethical Pest

 

by Deborah Miarkowska

The Ethical Pest initiative is being spearheaded by Tara Scott and Stacey Dooley, two of the six young people whose experiences working in the garment industry in India were filmed as part of the BBC series Blood, Sweat and T-shirts.

Says Stacey, “We think it’s really important that shoppers think about where to spend their money when they go shopping. More people are becoming aware of what can happen to the workers who make our clothes and want to do something about it - this website helps them ask the right questions and be an ‘ethical pest’.”

Says Tara, “Compassion and responsibility should be fundamental in trade. Businesses have a responsibility to their customers and to the workers who make their products; both of whom they would not exist without. Honesty and transparency are crucial for a business to maintain a healthy relationship with its customers, and too many businesses have been caught red-handed breaching their ethical commitment. We need to make sure that companies who have made public commitments to trading ethically, including ETI members, are working hard for change. Consumer pressure is something businesses can’t ignore. They work for us, so make them! Be an ethical pest.”

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