SAVE the date: GoodElectronics Network Global Meeting
The GoodElectronics Network is happy to announce the upcoming Global Network Meeting to be held on 6 – 10 October 2017, in Batam, Indonesia. A full program will be scheduled for 7 – 9 of…
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New legal framework needed to limit chemicals in products
The current legal framework fails to ensure information about dangerous chemicals entering the material cycles of products. In a new report of ClientEarth and European Environmental Bureau (EEB), it is argued that existing legislation should…
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New IDI guide for advocates on Chinese outbound investment
Inclusive Development International (IDI) has published a new resource: ‘Safeguarding People and the environment in Chinese investment’, which contains policies, standards and guidelines applying to Chinese outbound investment. “This guide explains the key actors involved…
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Apple stopped buying cobalt from artisanal mines in Congo due to child labour
Apple stated it stopped buying cobalt from artisanal mines in Congo. Last year, reports from the Washington Post, Amnesty International, SOMO and its DRC partners ACIDH, Afrewatch, and Premicongo, revealed serious environmental damages and human rights abuses…
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Event: Human Rights Watch Film Festival screenings of ‘Complicit’
On March 11 and 13, Andy Davies from Electronics Watch affiliate LUPC will be guest panellist at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival screenings of Complicit, a documentary shot last year about a Chinese factory…
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Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong indicted on bribery charges
Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong was indicted with bribery and embezzlement by South Korean prosecutors. On February 17th, Lee was arrested over his alleged role in the corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Guen-hye. Lee…
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Foxconn jumps on the ‘made in America’ campaign of U.S. President Trump
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, wants to re-create the Chinese production model in the U.S. It is yet another multinational jumping on the ‘made in America’ campaign of U.S. President Trump. In…
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One month after HTI fire Philippine Government refuses to learn lessons
One month after the fire in the House Technology Industries (HTI) that left many workers injured and still many others unaccounted for and possibly dead, a workplace safety NGO said the government refuses to learn…
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Factory Riots Flare Up in Vietnam over Samsung’s Violence Against Workers
Thousands of workers milled around the gate of the construction site of a Samsung Display factory in Vietnam, scuttling with private security forces after security guards threw a worker to the ground, according to multiple…
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Samsung: modern technology, medieval labor practices
This week, Samsung’s modern face is on full display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where tech industry giants are gathering to unveil the latest smartphones, tablets and mobile technology. What they don’t show…