On 8 June 2009, Dutch service provider KPN organised a stakeholder dialogue meeting, together with the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO). SOMO was among the participants, together with KPN staff representing different…
The film ‘Citizens at Risk: How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Pathway Out of Poverty for India’s Recyclers’ is an international collaboration between Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Chintan, and IMAK. This film takes the viewer…
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition wants you to create a fun and fresh video that informs people about the growing problem of highly toxic e-waste and encourages them to use responsible recyclers.The Silicon Valley Toxics…
On 10 June 2009, Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Wintek held its annual general meeting, while labour groups protest about unlawful dismissals and other labour issues at Wintek’ factories in Taiwan and China. Wintek Corporation is…
‘Mining matters’ is a new report by Friends of the Earth Netherlands on unacceptable metal mining in developing countries and the responsibilities of companies in the Netherlands, including Philips. For a summary of the report…
On May 7 and 8, in Amsterdam, makeITfair and GoodElectronics hosted a round table for the electronic industry and civil society organisations. The aim was to discuss effective strategies to bring about lasting improvements of…
The Taiwanese company WINTEK is one of the world’s leading producers of small size mobile phone panels and touch panels, and one of the major suppliers to Apple. The past months, hundreds of workers were…
The May 2009 ‘On the Spot’ newsletter by GoodElectronics portrays the Ole Wolff Yantai Workplace Union. A unique initiative of Chinese women workers; a struggle for labour rights against all odds.This ‘On the Spot’ newsletter…
On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May 17, thousands of signatories will put pressure on mobile phone companies across Europe to pay greater attention to fair labour standards.”This campaign, organised…
Dark side of the chip. The ‘clean rooms’ of the high-tech electronics industry actually use several toxic chemicals, an article by Amanda Hawes and Ted Smith. Forty years ago, the agricultural valley south of San…