Trade Tower: A website we like

BETTER WORLD SHOPPER is a site dedicated to providing people with a comprehensive, up-to-date, reliable account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet AND making it available in practical forms that individuals can use in their everyday lives. Coming out of more than 5 years of intensive research, this work is based on a comprehensive database of over 1000 companies and utilizes 25+ reliable sources of data to cover everything from the environment to human rights, community development to animal protection.

Well quite rightfully this is not just a website, this is a catalyst for a change of lifestyle. Check it out http://www.betterworldshopper.com/ and tell us what you think. Even though they are based in the USA and many of the brands they rate are based in that country, many of of them are relevant worldwide; courtesy of globalization and American cultural and economic dominance of course.

* Let's start with ourselves and family and friends by voting with our rands and dollars and sooner than we know it change will surely come about. Another great recent initiative worth mentioning is the South African government Department of Trade and Industry's demanding that imports from Israeli illegal settlements be labeled as such so that consumers who want to support Occupied Palestinian products only can distinguish between them. Political will is hard to come by for just causes these days and this step (and it is no small one) by our government is certainly commendable.