On the International Labor Day, SACOM calls on Dell to respect workers’ rights and to uphold social justice.
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Indonesian farmers on Wawonii Island are using machetes to protect their land against nickel miners, this article reports. The global demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel has led to a rush by…
Apple and Foxconn have their eye on Karnataka, in South India, to build a very large factory producing iPhones there. They are using their corporate influence to push for relaxation of labor laws. According to…
As the EU prepares to formally approve a new regulation to improve the sustainability of batteries used in electric vehicles, SOMO has published a powerful set of data visualisations showing the huge planned increase in…
Fatalities in a Chinese-owned nickel smelting company in Indonesia have triggered hundreds of workers to strike to demand justice. The strike happened after failed negotiations between the union and the company. The article details the…
The GoodElectronics Network is pleased to announce that Jeroen Merk has been selected as the new International Coordinator. We welcome Jeroen and his commitment to improve human rights and sustainability situation in the global electronics…
The Mobile Social Congress is back! This MSC23 will take place from March 2 to March 4 in Barcelona and partly online. The Mobile Social Congress is intended as an alternative space to the Mobile…
14 December, 2022 – The deadly accident in a coal mine in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on 30 November was not a stand-alone incident. Nine workers were killed and four others sustained critical injuries…
DesignNews tackles the trend in semiconductors and chips market for 2023. In the article, several indicators show a downward trajectory in terms of revenue driven by weakened PC market as well as decline in capital expenditures…
GoodElectronics organises two workshops on how to engage with Chinese companies to address the impacts of mining for minerals used in electronics and for the energy transition, with a specific focus on South-East Asia. The…