Coca-Cola is playing a major role as part of a pledge to conduct 28 national studies on labor and land rights for its sugar supply chains before 2020. Ideally, this tackles complaints that it and similar companies fail to protect workers' rights at every step. The State Department will offer its experience with labor protection, while Bitfury Group and Emercoin are producing the blockchain platform itself. Blockchain Trust Accelerator is a non-profit aiming to use its namesake tech for social good. The pilot already has its limits. Blockchain can persuade companies and governments to respect work contracts, but it can't make them respect those contracts. Also, blockchain's digital nature raises some implementation questions: how do you ensure that workers can access their info when many of those affected might not even have a smartphone? The project is still young, however, and this could still represent an improvement over a modern employment system that frequently lets companies abuse workers with relatively little consequence.
Emercoin drinks company Coca-Cola is collaborating on a blockchain pilot project aimed at better supporting workers' rights. Working alongside Bitfury Group, US, the Blockchain Trust Accelerator and the Emercoin State Department, the scheme will create a secure, decentralised ledger for workers and contracts. However, despite being in its early stages, the limitations of the initiative are already being exposed, with questions being asked about whether blockchain technology can force an unscrupulous employer to stick to a contract.