Research by SOMO reveals that serious human rights violations and environmental pollution are happening in Congo as a result of cobalt mining, including water pollution and forced evictions. Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries for…
It is in batteries, laptops and mobile phones: cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and frequently involves gross human rights violations. What is going wrong and who is responsible?* April…
The GoodElectronics Network, in collaboration with SOMO, Friends of the Earth/Milieudefensie and the Stop Child Labour Coalition is set to hold a round table meeting on Responsible Mining for Electronics. The meeting, hosted by the…
In the last decade, Dubai has become an important hub for the global gold trade. Around 40 percent of all gold traded on the international market flows through the “city of gold,” as Dubai likes…
Leaked data from the Panama Papers shows that banks and companies that are trading in and refining gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have set up their ownership structures to be opaque and…
Working people at Verizon are on strike in the US. After months of negotiations with Verizon, they’ve decided to take a stand to create a better workplace. Verizon workers are taking a stand to make…
Cambodia’s parliament approved a disputed trade union law on Monday without making changes demanded by labor groups and the opposition, who decried it as too strict and designed to limit workers’ rights. The law is…
South Korea’s administrative court has rejected at least two separate appeals filed for workers’ compensation by victims of Samsung’s blood-disorder cluster by dismissing the causal link between a widely recognized cancer-causing chemical and two former…
The Forum for IT Employees (F.I.T.E.) India has released a Charter of Demands on March 31, in which they demand determined action by the Indian government to establish better working conditions in the electronics industry…
According to Sophia Pickles from Global Witness, Apple’s new Conflict Minerals Report is “a significant step forward for due diligence reporting”. Pickles and her organisation call on all companies to conduct due diligence along their…