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March 2013

Foresight Engine Game Analysis:

25 Zones of Future Innovation

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Fair Trade goods have been expanding

across markets since they first became

commercialized in the late 1940s.

Since then, we have continuously increased

the amount of Fair Trade products we sell and

buy while implementing certification and

standardization bodies for Fair Trade products.

Despite these efforts, a global protocol is still

lacking, and many workers are still exploited.

Recently we have seen a push to solve this

problem by making procurement logistics—as

well as factory, farming, and labor conditions—

completely transparent. Whether designed by

social entrepreneurs or concerned citizens,

tools that make the chain of production

transparent are slowly changing standards.

Imagine a world where you are able to see the

person who constructed your iPhone for you in

China, just as we know the clerk in the local

store where we shop for groceries.3

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Game players suggested ways to make labor violations and concerns

knowable to the consumer.

From creating apps that show you how your product arrived in your local store to

building Internet tools that allow workers around the world to tell their stories on a

global scale, these ideas—when coupled with real-world examples of companies

already making their entire chain transparent—have the potential to revolutionize

Fair Trade.

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That’s such a great idea! And than we'll be able to watch out for those without voices. The app can be called “Foreign Labor Watchdog”*

USA**

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*Cards have been lightly edited for readability

**Player location was self selected


Do you mean an app that explains "fair trade" label and adds background info on a company's track record in workers' rights etc.?

Singapore



USA


Popularization of apps that bring transparency to the sourcing and labor behind products

USA/UK



USA


Singapore


Involve child worker syndicates in strategies to promote child work dignification and prevent child exploitation.

Peru



USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Thinking of FLA-Foxconn audit of Apple, maybe create *accessible* anonymous network for outsourced workers to contact domestic regulators.

Canada



USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Peru


Use product/food barcodes -add info on carbon footprint, lifecycle, original producers -distribute barcode reading apps on mobile phones

China



USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Peru


Canada


Combo of big online consumers’ union plus mapping & vetting & pics of supply chains in developing countries 2 ensure safety & living wages.

USA



USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Peru


Canada


China


Supply chains are so wildly confusing and so critical to understanding responsible buying. An online game that helps teach this'd be awesome

USA



USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Peru


Canada


China


USA




USA


Singapore


USA/UK


Peru


Canada

Supply chains are so wildly confusing and so critical to understanding responsible buying. An online game that helps teach this'd be awesome

USA


China


USA


Signals from the Present

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Quirky is a crowdsourced design and production company that allows the crowd to co-create new items they then produce. As part of their working model, Quirky employs total transparency, letting co-creators know what is happening with their products from the beginning to the end.

Free2Work

Free2Work has built an app that provides consumers with information on how their favorite brands relate to labor abuses such as child labor and slave labor. Free2Work assigns a grade to companies, offering a quick way to measure their labor standards.

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Quirky

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Image Source: www.quirky.com/learn


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http://www.quirky.com/learn

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B© 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

March 2013

Foresight Engine Game Analysis:

25 Zones of Future Innovation



Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]

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