{"id":5912,"date":"2018-03-20T03:20:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:24:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:24:01","slug":"coca-cola-us-state-dep-to-fight-forced-labor-using-blockchain-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/coca-cola-us-state-dep-to-fight-forced-labor-using-blockchain-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola, US State Dep. To Fight Forced Labor Using Blockchain Tech."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Coca-Cola<\/a>, Emercoin, Bitfury, and the US State Department<\/a> have joined together to fight forced labor using blockchain technology. The aim is to create a secure registry for workers using the distributed ledger technology and fight child labor, forced labor, and other forms of exploitation in labor market. <\/p>\n

According to the State Department, it is the first major project of the government agency on the issue using distributed ledger technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A recent report from the International Labor Organization indicates that the number of people working in forced labor conditions is close to 25 million. Notably 47% of them live in the Asia-Pacific region. Forced labor conditions do exist in sugarcane farming. Food and beverage companies are often blamed for the lack of efforts on their side to resolve the issue. A study conducted by KnowTheChain (KTC) in partnership with the US-based Humanity United, revealed that beverage companies are not doing enough to eliminate forced labor.<\/p>\n

Coca-Cola was one of the 10 multinational companies studied by KTC. According to the report, by 2020, Coca-Cola is planning to complete 28 country-level studies on land-rights for sugar supply chains, forced labor and child labor. In this regard, Coke was exploring blockchain technology for more than a year.<\/p>\n

Brent Wilton, the company\u2019s global head of workplace rights<\/strong>, said in an email to Reuters,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are partnering with the pilot of this project to further increase transparency and efficiency of the verification process related to labor policies within our supply chain.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), a non profit organization involved in the project, explained that the project aims at the creation of a secure registry for workers and their contracts using blockchain\u2019s secure, tamper proof technology. BTA\u2019s global platform facilitates the use of blockchain to create a positive social impact. The State Department will offer its expertise on labor protection.<\/p>\n

Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby<\/strong> said in an email to Reuters<\/a> stated \u201cThe Department of State is excited to work on this innovative blockchain-based pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Busby, however, pointed out that blockchain cannot force anyone to abide by labor contracts, but create a chain of evidence that will encourage compliance with labor contracts.<\/p>\n

The blockchain platform for the project will be built by Bitfury Group<\/a>. Emercoin will provide<\/a> blockchain related services. This was confirmed by Valery Vavilov, Bitfury\u2019s chief executive, and Oleg Khovayko, Emercoin\u2019s Chief Technology Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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