APC takes the Civil Society Internet Rights initiative to Korea APC's Civil Society Internet Rights Initiative figured prominently in the Media section of the ASEM 2000 Peoples Forum in Seoul, Korea 18-20 October. The Forum took place in parallel with the official ASEM meeting of European and Asian government leaders. The purpose of the list is to stimulate a broad range of views and information exchange on people, issues, policies, possibilities, problems, perspectives, case studies, practices and activities relating to development. The list has about 200 members and received more than 30 posts in October 2000. The Ethical Consumer is an alternative consumer organisation from the UK that looks at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names.
Ethical consumerism is all about empowering the consumer.
Often people feel powerless in the face of global issues such as ozone depletion and exploitation of developing countries but ethical consumerism can be a driving force for change. In the 1980s it was revealed that CFCs were damaging the ozone layer. Permission is granted to use this document for personal use, for training and educational publications, and activities by peace, environmental, human rights or development organizations.