24 February, Apple released its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report provides details about Apple's approach to working with suppliers. Included are a summary of Apple's 2009 audits and descriptions of core violations, frequent violations, and the corrective actions that Apple has required. In the report, cases of child labour are described.
24 February, Apple released its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report provides details about Apple's approach to working with suppliers. Included are a summary of Apple's 2009 audits and descriptions of core violations, frequent violations, and the corrective actions that Apple has required. In the report, cases of child labour are described.
At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple. The company did not name the offending factories, or say where they were based, but the majority of its goods are assembled in China. Apple also has factories working for it in Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, the Czech Republic and the United States. Apple said the child workers are now no longer being used, or are no longer underage. "In each of the three facilities, we required a review of all employment records for the year as well as a complete analysis of the hiring process to clarify how underage people had been able to gain employment," Apple said.
