How can you help?
As a Consumer
As long as there is a market for products made by children it is difficult to eliminate child labor. As a consumer, you can help right here in Europe to protect and expand the Child Labor Free Zones. For instance, by making sure that what you buy has not been made by children. If you are not sure where a product comes from or how it was produced, just ask! The more people working against child labor, the more Child Labor Free Zones will be created worldwide. Unfortunately, there is no common label to indicate that a product is "guaranteed as not having been made with child labor". However, there are organisations that work towards introducing this label in cooperation with business, such as those in the food and clothing sectors. For information about ‘clean’ clothes, see the Schone Kleren campaign, which is taking action to help improve working conditions in the clothing industry. Other good initiatives in the clothing sector are FairWear and Made-By , which make sure that companies and their suppliers comply with the agreements made on working conditions and sustainability and help them with improvements. For information about fair food, see FairFood , an organisation that campaigns and lobbies for the food industry to make its products sustainable. Would you like to know more about your favorite brands? Go to Rank a Brand , a site that lets you compare how transparent, green and fair your favorite brands are. This information allows you to choose brands that demonstrate that they are concerned about fair working conditions.
As long as there is a market for products made by children it is difficult to eliminate child labor. As a consumer, you can help right here in Europe to protect and expand the Child Labor Free Zones. For instance, by making sure that what you buy has not been made by children. If you are not sure where a product comes from or how it was produced, just ask! The more people working against child labor, the more Child Labor Free Zones will be created worldwide. Unfortunately, there is no common label to indicate that a product is "guaranteed as not having been made with child labor". However, there are organisations that work towards introducing this label in cooperation with business, such as those in the food and clothing sectors. For information about ‘clean’ clothes, see the Schone Kleren campaign, which is taking action to help improve working conditions in the clothing industry. Other good initiatives in the clothing sector are FairWear and Made-By , which make sure that companies and their suppliers comply with the agreements made on working conditions and sustainability and help them with improvements. For information about fair food, see FairFood , an organisation that campaigns and lobbies for the food industry to make its products sustainable. Would you like to know more about your favorite brands? Go to Rank a Brand , a site that lets you compare how transparent, green and fair your favorite brands are. This information allows you to choose brands that demonstrate that they are concerned about fair working conditions.