The European Parliament recently passed a resolution stating its deep concern about the large numbers of child workers in Madagascar mica mines and the violations of these children’s rights. The resolution calls on the European…
Repetitive reporting on e-waste may be blinding citizens to the larger issue of the pollution and waste generated in the mining for and manufacturing of electronics. Josh Lepawksy, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography…
GoodElectronics member IndustriALL Global Union reports that efforts are underway in Cape Town, South Africa to make progress on sustainable mining and Just Transition. Reporting on its participation in two concurrent events that took place…
French courts file preliminary charges against Samsung over misleading advertising on its commitment to human and worker rights. In 2018, Sherpa and ActionAid France filed a lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the company of false advertising due…
At least 43 artisanal miners have died due to a mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The collapse took place at an industrial copper and cobalt mine owned by the multinational…
The adoption of the Convention and Recommendation is a huge victory for workers and the trade union movement, which has been fighting for years to get an international labour instrument to address gender-based violence (GBV) in the…
IndustriALL Global Union is lodging a complaint against Mitsubishi Electric with the Organising Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to stop rights abuses at the company’s Thai operations. Mitsubishi Electric, an official partner…
Workers fell sick and died due to exposure to hazardous chemicals in their chip labs, Korea Workers Compensation & Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) concluded on May 22, after reviewing ten years of epidemiological data. A Decade…
English summary of the study “Am anderen Ende der Lieferkette” including an overview on ICT brands’ approaches on responsible sourcing. The (German) report examines the approaches of 19 ICT brands on responsible minerals sourcing. The…
As part of its podcast series, the Restart Project tells the story of ‘Solar What?’ a small solar-powered lamp that has been designed explicitly so it could be taken apart, repaired and kept in use for…