December 11 and 12, Toxics Link is organising an international workshop on “Designing Take Back Systems for E-waste” in New Delhi, India. E- waste, one of the fastest growing waste segments globally, is of significant…
High Tech für Niedriglohn: Neotayloristische Produktionsregimes in der IT-Industrie in Brasilien und Mexiko, or High Tech for a Modest Salary. Neo-Tayloristic production regimes in the IT industry in Brasil and Mexico. Phd Thesis by Martina…
Smartphones sold by best-selling brands almost certainly contain tin from Indonesia where mining is devastating forests and farmland, coral reefs and many communities, a Friends of the Earth investigation published yesterday reveals. Friends of the…
Last week the Singapore-based NGO Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) submitted a complaint with the Japanese NCP about abuse of migrant Chinese workers at a Panasonic plant in Singapore referring to the OECD Guidelines…
In 2009, Finnwatch and its partners in the makeITfair project published a comparative study looking at the responsibility of Finnish and other European mobile network operators. The results showed that there was a huge need…
The Mexican National Miners’ Union (Los Mineros) is challenging the results of a union representation election at the Finnish-owned PKC auto parts factory in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. “If the process had been transparent and legal,…
The 18th edition of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics evaluates leading consumer electronics companies based on their commitment and progress in three environmental criteria: Energy and Climate, Greener Products, and Sustainable Operations. The Guide scores…
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights may form the common ground between electronics companies and civil society organisations in addressing labour issues such as the excessive use of temporary labour. This is…
A United Nations independent expert has called on the UN’s General Assembly, as well as civil society, to take action against Israeli and international businesses that are profiting from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian…
On 30 November 2012, Social Accountability International (SAI) and CIVIDEP are organising the 1st Electronics Sector Multi Stakeholder Round Table, in Chennai (India). This roundtable will bring together local and global stakeholders to enable dialogue…