Digital Tools and the Right to Know
A. Rolke, H. Rath, Jan Backmann · International Chemical Regulatory and Law Review · 2019
In very near future, there will be a significant increase in the number of opportunities open to consumers and public and private corporations to base their purchase decisions on much more than price and performance characteristics.Still largely unnoticed by the majority of the public, a revolutionary change for the better is currently taking place as regards the availability of sustainability-related information on sales products.Consumers will be able to obtain all kinds of information on aspects they care about, even beyond sustainability.This report examines the driving forces behind this development and the technological basis, and how these developments are taking place in different industrial sectors.We also show that this process is embedded in a much broader development, which will result in the progressive digitalisation of contractual obligations and compliance with regulatory and societal requirements.