Been trying to vote with my wallet with varying levels of success.
Currently trying to boycott SM (and failing, they’re so ubiquitous ) because of their treatment of their workers
Jollibee for the same reasons as SM. It’s been years since I’ve had a Chicken Joy.
NutriAsia for the violent dispersal of worker strikes and bad treatment of workers. Really struggling with this but succeeding so far.
Sunnies for the Marcos connection.
Coffee Project and other All Day companies because Villar.
Gong Cha and Coco because of their One China policy
Shakeys (from 2016-2018) because of one bad order too many (always late, delivered to the wrong address, didn’t honor a valid Super Card, etc). Forgave them already. Service seems to be better now. Also, I missed their mojos.
Will add more as soon as I remember them. What I’ve learned from all this is that boycotting companies, especially the really big ones, is really hard. NutriAsia for example, is everywhere. The consolidation of companies severely limits choice as well. In some sectors, I’m not sure you can even vote with your wallet anymore.
If it’s not done at scale that can really cripple operations, boycotts don’t work anymore…if you really want to disrupt an enterprise hit them where it hurts…pull out funding, erode shareholder trust, get regulators to find irregularities and compliance issues and have them withdraw licenses to operate…
@itachi SM paid its employees their full salaries during this ecq without charging it to the employees’ leave credits. Gave financial assistance to agency personnel and guards.
Regent - miski sobrang fave ko ang cheese rings, due to the ciolent dispersion of their workers on strike.
Hmm. I know may mga ibang practices din SM, but during this crisis, its actions were actually better than most:
SM gave P5K to its department store sales staff (employed by the sellers, not by SM).
SM was also the first mall operator to give a nationwide rent reprieve, even if there was no lockdown within the malls’ area. Other operators depende sa ECQ. At may ibang mall operators na naniningil pa rin ng rent
^since nag takeover yung second generation na mga Sy they’ve learned to embrace CSR more and are actually aligning business models with the UN SDGs so it’s a work in progress but definitely going in the right trajectory of business sustainability…
I used to have a natural bias against companies that were painted as villains by rallyists and street activists but I’ve learned to be more discerning over the years and actually look at the overall impact of a company on society and the environment rather than just focusing on labor case violations which is the favorite issue of progressive groups…
@ninibeLLes@arwen@slaine Oh, that’s good to know. Started boycotting them way before the quarantine naman. Buti they’re doing right by their tenants and workers. Guess it’s time to update my list.
I can’t find the list anymore but here’s a list of brands that support China
It’s a bit complicated when a company you’re boycotting does something responsible. Gaya nung nabanggit nyo sa SM. Di ko alam na considerate enough sila for this ECQ para gawin yan.
Sakin kasi specific ang pag-boycott sa SM Hyper/Supermarket. Hindi sila nagrerecycle nung mga box sa mga grocery. Di gaya ng Robinsons na nagba-box. Praktikalan lang – recycling ng mga gamit na mga box tapos bawas na rin sa paggamit ng mga paper bag (na nalulusaw din naman pag yung mga basang pinamili ang laman).
Yung Nutri-Asia struggle yan. Ang sarap kasi ng juice nila huhuhu. Tsaka Mang Tomas. Huhuhuhu.
These^ and for the same reasons. Almost a year na akong walang peach mango pie. Buti na lang pwede nang substitute sa chickenjoy ang mini stop or S&R fried chicken.
It’s hard to boycott because a lot of products are owned by conglomerates so you can pretty much connect them. I boycott Jollibee but haven’t actively boycotted Burger King, Chowking and Red Ribbon which are all owned by JFC. I try to limit going to SM but I like Uniqlo.