Ethical consumerism may simply mean shopping less

How many slaves work for you? This is the implicit question behind awareness campaigns that link consumer behaviour to modern slavery, urging citizens to use their consumer power to demand an end to labour exploitation.

In more recent times, consumer choice has become one
 of the most common ways for citizens to engage in political activism.

But the push for more ethical consumerism does not necessarily mean salvation for modern-day slaves.

Ethical consumerism, meaning the decision by consumers to patronise certain brands or products for political reasons, has a long history.

During the 1790s, British consumers boycotted sugar produced using slave labour.

Read the story by Erin O’Brien from ABC News - “Ethical consumerism may simply mean shopping less.”