International Business Times — Mac McGary, President of Alliances at Sweetbridge, looks at how blockchain can improve supply chain transparency and product traceability, thus reducing worker vulnerability and promoting human rights.File photo from IBT[From the IBT article] Today’s supply chains, which comprise ⅔ of the world’s global GDP, are often tainted with modern-day slavery and forced labor. The latest Global Slavery Index, underwritten in part by the International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that there are more than 45 million forced laborers around the world. Due to the complex, multi-tiered nature of global trade, multinational companies have a hard time getting visibility into exploitation at the roots of the supply chain. Typically, the final product that is purchased by customers passes through many different producers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers that all participate in its production, delivery, and sale …Read the whole article in the March 2, 2018 edition of International Business Times here: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/blockchain-good-human-rights-supply-chain-1664917Blockchain for good: The human rights supply chainAbout SweetbridgeSweetbridge is a new economy built for commerce that enhances the world’s current economies. Sweetbridge and its alliance partners offer a unique set of blockchain protocols, applications and crypto-economics to create an economy of opportunity for all participants. The goal of Sweetbridge is to transform brittle, industrial-era commerce through decentralized industry ecosystems that create a faster, fairer value exchange, unleash working capital, better utilize resources, and optimize talent for the benefit of all participants. For more information, follow Sweetbridge on Twitter at @sweetbridgeinc or visit https://sweetbridge.com.Byline in IBT: “Blockchain for good: The human rights supply chain” was originally published in Sweetbridge on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.