On Thursday 14 November, the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam was the setting for the successful first international Electronics Watch conference, hosted by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO). It brought together nearly thirty…
How can Acer’s Stan Shih talk about social enterprises? Revealing the lack of corporate social responsibility behind an image of charity. A report on working conditions and labour issues at Acer production locations, based on…
Hong Kong-based labour group SACOM conducted an investigative research into labour conditions at the Huizhou factory of Apple supplier Biel Crystal, and discovered numerous labour abuses and violation of Chinese labour law. SACOM has published…
Ethical watchdog Danwatch has published a report on gold mining in Ghana and Mali, two West African countries that are experiencing a gold rush. In both countries employment and revenues are on the rise in…
Electronics Watch is setting up its Advisory Group. Interested civil society organisations and individuals with a commitment and interest in electronics, labour rights and other human rights, monitoring and compliance initiatives are welcome to join….
Thursday November 14th, Electronics Watch is holding its first work conference: “Socially responsible public procurement of ICT hardware through independent factory monitoring”, organised by SOMO on the 14th November in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Labour groups…
Forced overtime, strenuous shifts during peak periods, few days off each month, wages lower than a living wage, and militant management; these are the outcomes of an investigation into Chinese IT manufacturers by six European…
A group of benzene-poisoned patients and people concerned about the issue of benzene poisoning is calling for a complete ban of benzene-containing solvents. Some of the signatories are afflicted with leukemia, some with aplastic anemia,…
The large majority of European companies do not conduct due diligence to ensure that their products are free from ‘conflict minerals’. They therefore risk being linked to violent conflict and grave human rights abuses. International…
In ‘Spoiling Tbet. China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World’ by Gabriel Lafitte, a story emerges of the world’s factory, its’ insatiable appetite for minerals and energy, and Tibet’s place in this…