Apple Inc. has dramatically improved its climate change reporting as requested by As You Sow in a shareholder proposal voted on by Apple shareholders last February. On Sept. 24, Apple released more extensive data about…
The impact of the global financial crisis on precarious workers is the theme of IMF’s action this year. Affiliates are taking the fight to governments, calling on them to ensure equal rights for precarious workers…
makeITfair releases a new report today that shows that the efforts of European mobile network operators, such as Vodafone and T-Mobile, to improve the social and environmental conditions in the mobile phone supply chain still…
Today, the Procure IT Fair campaign launches its IT Company Monitor. This online tool publishes news items available online that deal with the environment, working conditions and human rights throughout the supply chains of the…
SOMO, the Dutch partner of Procure IT Fair, publishes the Dutch version of the buyers’ guide today. The guide, which was already published in German and English is now also available for public buyers in…
Following recent actions by Greenpeace which targeted Hewlett Packard, HP has stated new environmental commitments to phase out BFRs and PVCs.In response to recent action by Greenpeace, HP said it “has a comprehensive approach to…
After four months of intense struggle, followed by a return to the bargaining table, settlement is reached at Toshiba CPI with the reinstatement of 697 workers, but not the 15 local union leaders.Dispute at Toshiba…
Sometimes companies need to be reminded of their environmental commitments–like HP’s 2007 promise to stop putting toxic chemicals in their computer products. That’s why Greenpeace activists climbed to the top of HP’s global headquarters in…
This new report by Global Witness, entitled ‘Faced with a gun, what can you do?’, details how companies are buying from suppliers who trade in minerals from the warring parties. Many mining areas in eastern…
Since early June, workers are protesting labour conditions at Flextronics in Guadalajara, Mexico. Singapore-based Flextronics is a global manufacturer of printed circuit boards, producing for numerous brands, including Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HP, Nokia, IBM, LG,…