Computer Connections
Supply chain policies and practices of seven computer companies
Sony
Playing with Labour Rights
makeITfair report reveals violations of workers’ rights in game console and portable music players manufacturing in China. This is the first study on working conditions in this specific sub-sector. makeITfair’s new report ‘Playing with Labour…
Workers silenced while we talk
The mobile phone industry is often presented as a clean, unproblematic industry, but makeITfair’s new report ‘Silenced to Deliver’ shows that this is not the case. Workers’ rights in Asian mobile phone factories are severely…
Silenced to Deliver
Mobile phone manufacturing in China and the Philippines
European, American and Japanese electronic waste poisoning the environment in Ghana
The Greenpeace report “Chemical contamination at e-waste recycling and disposal sites in Ghana”, released on August 5th 2008, exposes the extent of environmental contamination caused by recycling and disposal of e-waste in Ghana. Analysis of…
Greenpeace catches Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo “Playing Dirty”
Amsterdam, 20 May 2008, The Greenpeace scientific report “Playing Dirty”, released today, reveals that the world’s most popular game consoles, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360, tested positive for hazardous…
What is a green electronics product?
The Sony Vaio TZ11 laptop, Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and Sony Ericsson P1i PDA have come out on top in Greenpeace’s first survey of greener electronics products.The main brands of desktop PCs and notebooks,…
Hazardous substances reduced but not eliminated from laptops
The results of the analysis, contained in the report, “Toxic chemicals in computers – Reloaded”, (1) show bromine being present in over 40 per cent of the components tested, at concentrations of up to 10…
Sony reinstates Thai Union leaders
After Dutch trade union FNV Bondgenoten , Thai Labour Campaign and GoodElectronics handed over a petition to Sony Holding B.V. The Netherlands, Sony Technology in Thailand agreed to reinstate the 18 union leaders who were…
Sony Netherlands receives petition dismissed Thai Union leaders
On behalf of the Sony Thailand Union and 18 dismissed Union Leaders, a petition addressed to Sony Holding B.V. The Netherlands was handed over on the 13th of September by Lek Yimprasert from the Thai…