Tin mining destroys forests and coral reefs in Indonesia
Mining for metals causes a lot of damage to the environment. Indonesia is a major tin producer. Tin is used for tin cans and electronics. It is produced by digging big holes in forest areas,…
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Gold Peak Batteries dismisses protests by workers and consumers
Heeding a call by GoodElectronics, some 130 electronics consumers from all over the world expressed their solidarity with Gold Peak Batteries workers by sending a letter of protest. In a response by email Gold Peak…
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China blacklists polluting (electronics) factories
Rivers running thick with pollution, cancer villages downstream of industrial parks, poisoned crops and sickened babies. The reality of water pollution in China is one of the country’s biggest tragedies. And the true extent of…
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Platinum under our feet
A recently published photo booklet gives a strong impression of how communities are affected by platinum and palladium mining. This booklet is one of the follow up activities of the research report on palladium and…
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HP and Dell removed from Dutch equity fund
Hewlett Packard and Dell have recently been removed from the equity fund of the Dutch ASN Bank. The ASN Bank Special Investment Criteria define which companies are accepted in the ASN Bank equity fund. Companies…
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Greenpeace Guide to greener electronics – version 14
Greenpeace first released its ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ in August 2006. The guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling…
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Chinese battery producer fails to be a decent employer
Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd is under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer. Year-long struggles of (ex-) workers with cadmium related health problems have…
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E-waste: how to address the problem?
With a shift in recycling and production of consumer electronics, the E-waste problem can be addressed. The ‘E-waste policy paper’, published today by SOMO, provides proposals for policy and action.Reports about the piling up of…
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Improvements mobile phone charger manufacturer in Shenzhen
One of every two mobile phones is manufactured in China. In 2008, makeITfair published a report about poor working conditions at factories that mobile phone companies source from. One year later, two of the factories…
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‘On the move. The electronics industry in Central and Eastern Europe’, by makeITfair
When centrally controlled economic systems collapsed and the markets of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) opened up to foreign capital, most of the world’s big electronics companies started to invest in the region. How did…