Congrats on the big win! Do you think that companies that export animal products are more willing to adopt cage-free practices? What I’m curious about is whether a fully domestic supplier would be less willing to go cage-free.
Shanil Wijesinghe
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Came here to look at your work set-up… I got sucked all the way to the end of the article! Made a bookmark to learn about the founder-executive director difference that Joey Savoie wrote about too :)
Well written!
Great seeing you at AVA too Whitney!
I think the article you mentioned you’ll publish in response to @Thomas B. ’s comment would likely shed some light.
But here’s what I’m wondering at the moment (and I may not be representing the argument 100% accurately):
What ACTAsia found was that corporate cage-free policy requires the end-consumer to have some sort of baseline concern for the welfare conditions of their eggs. Of which, they argue, there’s a lack in China.
Without a large enough baseline care for welfare conditions, there isn’t much pressure on the corporation, and there’s more social ostracization pressure on activists trying to make cage-free happen. However, ACTAsia found that a fur-free intervention through the fashion industry was a pullable lever to start cementing an animal welfare foundation in China.
Looking forward to learning more!