Go for the goal on 12 June
"Suck it up" gets Arnott's attention
Follow the Leader
Autumn of Action!
Start a Chainstore Reaction
Send Nestle a message 
Watch, Forward, Challenge 
Visit Slavery Map 
Take the Don't Trade Lives quiz

• Go for the goal on 12 June

  12 June is a big day on the 2010 calendar. Lots of soccer fans are excited because that’s the start of the FIFA World Cup finals. But it’s also the World Day Against Child Labour. As this day approaches, you can take action to help ensure child labour is not being used in the production of sports balls. ...

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• "Suck it up" gets Arnott's attention

  World Vision has taken the decision to pause campaigning activities aimed at Arnott’s for a 6 month period in response to the company publicly committing to address potential labour exploitation in its West African supply chain. 

  World Vision’s Don’t Trade Lives campaign activities prompted a meeting between World Vision and Arnott’s executives on 29 March 2010, following which Arnott's issued ...

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• Follow the Leader

  Help us call on Australia’s big chocolate manufacturers – to follow the lead of companies such as Cocolo. They have independently and ethically certified their entire product range.

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• Autumn of Action!

  

  Combat human trafficking and slavery - say no to unethical products and take part in Don’t Trade Lives’ Autumn of Action! There are lots of quick and easy ways you can get involved...

  Modern day slavery is complex and multifaceted, fuelled by consumer ignorance, corporate greed and government neglect. No single action will stop the world’s fastest growing crime in ...

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• Start a Chainstore Reaction

  Find out more about the ethical practices of your favourite brand or retailer.

  Go to Chainstore Reaction and send a "Producer Pledge" to the brands and retailers you buy goods from. It's a way to ask them to investigate slavery in their product chains.

  The responses companies send in will be rated and posted online. So you'll see which organisations ...

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• Nestle: a Good Life for Who?

  

  Send Nestle a message.

  This year, we’ve seen some fantastic - and big - commitments from chocolate companies: Cadbury and Green & Black's have committed to producing ethical chocolate, ie, using cocoa that has not been produced through trafficked or child labour, for at least some of their chocolate bars.

  But what about Nestle? They have resisted in making changes and ...

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• Watch, Forward, Challenge

  Thousands of Australians have been shocked to learn the reality of how their chocolate is made: with the aid of child labour and exploitation. But not everyone knows about this yet. Help us spread the word!

  Watch the clip ‘Big Chocolate – Bubbles of Nothing’ and
  Forward this clip to 10 friends and/or colleagues; and
  Challenge your friends...

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• Visit "Slavery Map"

  Phoenix, Arizona; Costa del Este, Paraguay; Athens, Greece; Melbourne Australia:  these are just four of the hundreds of locations identified as places where some kind of human trafficking or slavery has taken place.

  You might be surprised to discover just how global this phenomenon is.   

  The Slavery Map is maintained by everyday people - people who know where these crimes have ...

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• Take the Don't Trade Lives quiz

  Test your knowledge about human trafficking and slavery! Take the quiz now!

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