This page is for accumulating country information of specific usefullness for Consumerium Services. Also this page serves the purpose of forming a Country template for use in Content Wiki once we figure out what information can be reliably collected.

See w:List of countries for general information on countries of the world.

Here be the current skeleton

Workers' rights - The right to belong to labor unions de jure? (in law or in theory), de facto? (in practice, day-to-day custom)
Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES/NO/Not determined
Ecological integrity and damage, e.g. charcoal deforestation in Haiti, tantallum deforestation and ape extinction in Congo and Indonesia
...

Africa

https://www.fairtradeafrica.net/

Kenya

Fairtrade Organization of Kenya: FTOK

Mauritania

w:Mauritania has the highest prevalence of w:slavery in the world despite passing an anti-slavery law in 2007 after sizable international pressure. Read more in w:Slavery in Mauritania.

South Africa

Fairtrade organisation: Fairtrade South Africa

Asia

Australia

http://www.choice.com.au/ - Australia's oldest consumer empowerment effort
http://guide.ethical.org.au - An ethical consumer guide and more
http://ethicalconsumer.org.au/ - Ethical Consumers Australia (ECA) nonprofit association has various functions and projects. They have made The Good on You App which is available for Android and iOS for the clothing shopping consumer.
http://www.ethicalliving.net.au/ Providing ethically sourced ethnical handicrafted via webshop with principles of fair trade.
http://www.sustainabilityportal.net/ an australian platform for ethical fashion & textiles. A resource for industry and consumers alike.

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html Australian Securities and Investments Commission Limited company search on-line.

China

Workers' rights in China

Trade unions are forbidden by law in China according to the Finnish media.

Hong Kong

Fairtrade Hong Kong

India

Fairtrade India

Japan

"Earth Reforesting System" - not sure if this is going to work, but, at least they started with mediawiki, so maybe they are just waiting for others to chip in, just like Consumerium did. Mostly in Japanese.

New Zealand

Fairtrade New Zealand

Pakistan

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/html/all_companies.html The Pakistan Board of Investment - Companies, searchable online by name, registered capital, CEO and other options

South Korea

Fairtrade organisation: Fairtrade South-Korea

Workers' rights in South Korea Apparently the workers' situation in South Korea is terrible. There are reports of trade union activists commiting suicide to attract attention to the workers' rights situation in South Korea. see Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) web site for more information

South Korea has probably the longest workweeks in all the developed world with 6-day weeks with 44 hours average working time. There have been rumours that South Korea will be switching to 5-day working week in 2005 but there is yet no confirmation on whether this is true.

Turkmenistan

w:Turkmenistan has a sizeable w:forced labour problem in their w:cotton industry.

Europe

Austria

Fairtrade organisation: yes

Belgium

Fairtrade organisation: http://fairtradebelgium.be/

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Denmark

Fairtrade organisation Fairtrade Denmark

https://zadaa.co/da/ - online 2nd hand marketplace that works via smartphone app

Estonia

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes. Fairtrade Estonia
Traveler router coverage?: Yes. Nation-wide. Multimodal Peatus.ee
Peer-to-peer carsharing?: Yes. Autolevi (.ee)]

Finland

Inventions: w:Sauna, w:AIV fodder, w:Molotov cocktail, w:IRC, GNU/w:Linux and w:SSH
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes. http://www.reilukauppa.fi/
Traveler router coverage? Yes. Nation-wide. Multimodal Matka.fi plus more
Carpooling services?: Yes. list
w:Peer-to-peer carsharing?: Yes. https://www.shareitbloxcar.fi/
Carsharing service coverage?: peer-to-peer and traditional carsharing exist in the Metropolitan Helsinki area list

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.prh.fi/en.html National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (Patentti ja rekisterihallitus) Handles registrations for companies, associations, foundations and patents. Limited online company, association and trademark searches available for free

Consumer empowerment efforts in Finland

Pro Ethical Trade Finland (Eetti ry)
http://kulutusjuhla.fi/ ( Consumption Celebration ) which inherited the now defunct Consumer Gadget association's funds

Finnish labels

sinivalkoinenvalinta.suomalainentyo.fi by The Association for Finnish Work here you can discover companies with one or more of the following labels

w:fi:Avainlippu (Made in Finland)
w:fi:Yhteiskunnallinen yritys -merkki (social enterprise)
w:fi:Design from Finland -merkki

Reducing, reusing and recycling in Finland

Getting used things to someone that needs them in Finland

https://www.tori.fi/ - an online marketplace that can be used via web or smartphone app.
https://vahankaytetty.fi/ - online 2nd hand market. If you want to sell items (mostly clothing) you can send them to vahankaytetty.fi and they take care of selling and mailing the products to the buyers.
https://zadaa.co/ - a Finnish online 2nd hand marketplace that works via smartphone app. Also in Denmark and Germany.

Sharing economy in Finland

https://vaatepuu.fi/ is a clothes loaning service, that has been operating since 2013. It has locations in Helsinki, Järvenpää, Tampere, Jyväskylä and Turku.
https://www.vaaterekki.com/ - a clothes and jewelry loaning service in Helsinki

Recycle in Finland

https://www.kierratys.info/ a recycling point locator for all of Finland
https://www.kiitoskunlajittelet.fi/ - instructions for sorting recyclables
https://www.facebook.com/KierratysbottiKikka/ - a chatbot in Facebook that helps you determine how to recycle things

Wikipedia articles about things in Finland

France

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes. http://www.maxhavelaarfrance.org/

Germany

Inventions: Printing press, intermodal public transport route planner

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes. http://www.fairtrade-deutschland.de/index.php

https://zadaa.co/de/ - online 2nd hand marketplace that works via smartphone app

Ireland

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes. Fairtrade Ireland

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.cro.ie/search/ - Companies Registration Office of Ireland - Limited online search of companies

Italy

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: http://www.fairtradeitalia.it/

Latvia

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: The use of the Fairtrade emblem in Latvia is overseen by Fairtrade Finland

Lithuania

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: Fairtrade Lithuania
Minciu Sodas open laboratory for serving and organizing independent thinkers

Luxemburg

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: http://www.transfair.lu/

Netherlands

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: http://maxhavelaar.nl/

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

Dutch: www.kvk.nl, English: www.kvk.nl - Kamer van Koophandel

Norway

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.: http://www.fairtrade.no/

Portugal

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:Fairtrade Portugal

Slovakia

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:Fairtrade Slovakia

Sweden

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:Fairtrade organisation: http://www.raettvist.se/

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.prv.se/eng/ Swedish Patent and Registration Office covers Companies, Trademarks, Patents and People. Limited online company and trademark searches available for free

Switzerland

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:Fairtrade organisation: http://www.maxhavelaar.ch

United Kingdom

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:The Fairtrade Foundation

Recycling in the UK

The UK does not currently have a deposit and reverse vending systems for beverage containers, but this could change in the future according to this BBC.com article 'UK 'could adopt' Norway bottle recycling system'

North and Middle America

Canada

http://www.ecocentricguide.ca/ blogging and marketing about all things ecolo. webshop plus physical outlets via cooperating businesses.
http://www.ethicaldirectory.ca/ - Green & Ethical Businesses == Good Business

Registered companies searchable in Internet? Not determined

Haiti

Registered companies searchable in Internet? Not determined, highly unlikely

Ecological questions

Deforestation problem from charcoal production

Mexico

USA

Fairtrade organisation: http://www.fairtradeusa.org/
http://www.goodguide.com/- Ethical shopping guide webgui and app give a 0 to 10 scale rating for for health, environment, and social impact. App only for iOS. That ain't very ethical towards Android OS users.
National Retail Federation / Association for Retail Technology Standards - Their XML schema covers the following issues: Item & Price Maintenance - Merchandise Flow Management - Inventory Management - Tender Control - Adminstration - Reporting - Ordering - Workforce Management - Customer Relationship Management

South America

Brazil

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International member?: Yes.:Fairtrade Brasil

External links

https://www.embassypages.com/ - contact information for embassies and consulates of the world