Most of today’s consumer products, from coffee and medications to household items—are the result of complex industrial processes. Many of their materials, ingredients, or compositions share common origins, intertwine across sectors and industries, or lead to similar impacts.
Web of Origins (WOO) stems from a simple yet far-reaching question: "Where do these materials, ingredients, or compositions of commercial products come from, and what connections lie behind them?"
WOO catalogs a wide range of products and their sources, exploring the entangled web of industrialisation and seeks to reveal how products and industries are directly or indirectly linked to social and environmental impacts—from ethical concerns and human well-being to ecological sustainability.
By making these connections publicly visible, WOO promotes transparency and empowers people to make informed choices and encourages a deeper understanding of the world’s interconnected industrial systems and supply chains.
weboforigins.com is committed to providing truthful, unbiased, evidence-backed data based on existing and available information. While still in its early stages, the database will continue to grow and expect ongoing expansion and improvement over time.
This is currently a personal project, but I'm open to collaboration and partnerships, please feel free to reach out if you have any ideas, feedback, or simply want to say hi.
If you find value in this work, or simply want to support the journey, any contribution — whether a $1 coffee or a few words of encouragement — truly means a lot and helps keep the project going. As the data grows, I hope to migrate the site to a more scalable platform (currently hosted on a GitHub repo). Your support helps cover costs like domain, tools, hosting subscriptions, and other essentials (plus the much-needed coffees for late-night research) — until the website becomes self-sustaining.
Thank you.