In May 2009, the EU’s regulator concluded that chip giant Intel had illegally used rebates to induce customers not to do business with its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and ordered Intel to pay a…
“The European Union and its Member States should take a global lead and serve as a good example on CSR when building markets, combating corruption, safeguarding the environment and ensuring human dignity and human rights…
ECOS, EEB, Friends of the Earth, WWF, INFORSE-Europe, CAN-E and Greenpeace are issuing regular position papers to comment the draft Ecodesign and Energy Labelling proposals from the European Commission. Positions paper have been published on…
The Green Manifesto, unveiled on 18 November at the Mobile Asia Congress, sets out how the mobile industry plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions per connection, and demonstrates the key role that mobile communications…
Coolproducts is a campaign to set ambitious minimum requirements for energy efficiency and other environmental aspects of products sold in the European Union. If we are successful, it will become easier for consumers in Europe…
Earlier this year, RESOLVE was commissioned by the EICC and GeSI Extractives Workgroup to create a transparency model by mapping the supply chain for tin, tantalum, and cobalt. RESOLVE has prepared an initial interim report…
Accelerating mobile PC shipments will drive the worldwide PC market to grow again this year, according to Gartner’s preliminary fourth-quarter forecast. The new forecast predicts worldwide PC shipments will total 298.9 million units in 2009,…
Since December 2008, Chinese and Taiwanese trade unions and labour groups are protesting ongoing labour issues at Wintek facilities in Taiwan, and in China. The complaints range from unlawful dismissals, forced unpaid leave, strike busting,…
European metal unions came together at the 6th European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) Collective Bargaining Policy Conference November 17 and 18, to debate and endorse a second Europe-wide common demand for more secure employment against precarious…
An IMF conference on ‘Migrant Workers as Precarious Workers’ held in Bangkok examined the situation of migrant workers in the metal industry with the aim of developing union strategies to improve their rights. Participants from…