This new report by SOMO looks into KPN’s CSR policies and practices in 2010, with an accent on supply chain management, transparency and stakeholder engagement. The report does not pretend to present an exhaustive overview…
In this report on Philips by SOMO a number of issues are highlighted, including the company’s lack of transparency regarding its internal sites and its supply chain. The report looks into the poor quality of…
For highlighting information via blog and twitter about human rights violations suffered by 31 Burmese migrant workers who were working at the Japanese electronics company Asahi Kosei in Malaysia, human rights defender Charles Hector has…
The International Campaign for Responsible Technology is an international solidarity network that promotes corporate and government accountability in the global electronics industry. ICRT has written to Asahi Kosei and a selection of its buyers regarding…
Last November, corporate officials informed the more than 270 employees of the Philips Luminaires plant in Sparta, Tennessee., that it would be shutting down the nearly 40-year-old lighting fixture factory and moving most of its…
ILOVEFOXCONN is an interactive mockumentary and touch game for iOS and android platforms in the making. It features a virtual tour of an electronic manufacturing plant, modeled after Foxconn, hosted by the CEO, where you…
Over the past three years, the Procure IT Fair project has been advocating the sustainable public purchasing of computers in Europe. This final statement marks the successful completion of the project, summarizes the project’s achievements…
A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or ‘coltan’ – an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out…
At its 65th Annual General Meeting, the Malaysian Bar unanimously carried a motion in support of human rights defender Charles Hector. Mr Hector is facing legal charges by the Japanese electronics company Asahi Kosei for…
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is convening, together with the secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions, an international workshop to consider issues associated with electrical and electronic products based on a life-cycle…