February this year, a complaint was filed against Samsung France accusing the company of misleading commercial practices by promoting a code of conduct for the treatment of the workers who make Samsung’s products that Samsung…
In February 2012, Apple was the first electronics company to join the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI) created in the clothing sector. After eighteen months, FLA has not convinced civil society organisations…
What do Kindle, Fridge Magnetic Toys, Zippity, Learn & Groove Toys, Tag , Scout, Leapster, Didj, ClickStart, My First Computer, LeapFrog, and LeapPad have in common? A very meager general D- score on the Free2Work…
Existing approaches are clearly failing to combat poverty and human rights abuses in the electronics industry. Despite the guidance provided by the UN Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights, governments are failing in their…
Foxconn and Apple are failing to live up to their promises to reduce the working hours at Foxconn factories in China to the legal maximum without workers suffering a loss in income. Those commitments were…
The European Commission has published three Sector Guides on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. One Guide is for specifically for ICT companies, the other two for employment & recruitment agencies,…
Apple distanziert sich von seinem langgedienten Zulieferer Foxconn. Sein günstiges iPhone wird das Unternehmen beim Foxconn-Konkurrenten Pegatron anfertigen lassen. Doch nicht die Medienaufmerksamkeit nach drei weiteren Selbstmorden bei Foxconn hat den IT-Giganten zum Umdenken bewegt,…
Last April 4th, some 90 civil society organisations from Malyasia and abroad called on Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas operating in Malaysia to recognise the Electronic Industry Employees Union Western Region Peninsular Malaysia (EIEUWR). The union…
After many months of preparation the German organisation NagerIT has started production and sales of the first version of what aims to become a truly fair trade electronic gadget: the fair computer mouse.After many months…
Earlier this year Friends of the Earth forced Samsung, Apple’s biggest rival, to confirm that it uses forest trashing tin in its products. Apple though is still refusing to go public about whether their phones…