david batstone founded the anti-slavery campaigning group not to say a key part of its mission is to empower consumers with information so they can join the fight against slave labor in the global supply chain. so our team came up with 40 factors that go into the making of any product based on that we began to grade products and companies and using that material 1st we took that data and gave a grade a b. c. d. e. f. like you would get when you were in school the result was an application for smartphones that enables consumers to check a product slavery index whenever wherever they go shopping the app is designed so that you can scan a barcode on a store shelf the great comes up then you can say well. i wonder why they got an a or one away got an f. and you can click to see the score card you can see the 40 factors for transparency transparency in supply chains is essential for ensuring that slave labor is not being used to make products that end up in consumers homes but ultimately it is up to governments to enforce legislation and penalties if they don't then men like joe's a and h