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Labour rights in Vietnam’s digital camera factories
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GoodElectronics Common Demands on the electronics industry – revised 2011
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New iPhone – Old problems
While Apple is presenting its new iPhone 4s, Foxconn workers producing Apple products in China continue to face harsh labour conditions. These are the findings of the new study “iSlave Behind the iPhone” by Hong…
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iSlave behind the iPhone Foxconn Workers in Central China
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AMRC fuels discussion on CSR with strong-worded statement
The Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) has issued a statement on Corporate Social Responsibility and is calling upon organisations and individuals to connect to AMRC to engage in a discussion on this subject. In many…
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Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade
The Public-Private Alliance (PPA) for Responsible Minerals Trade is being launched as a joint effort of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, non-governmental organisations and companies/industry organisations to take on this…
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Information on chemicals in electronic products
Within the global framework of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), ChemSec has carried out an in-depth study on information on chemicals in electronic products. ChemSec presents the current situation for information exchange…
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Social Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of an Ecolabeled Notebook
This GreenDelta study, commissioned by the Belgium government, analyses the social, socio-economic, and environmental impacts of an ecolabeled notebook along its entire life cycle. The electronic sector is often criticised for bad working conditions, high…
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Clean Clothes Campaign Belgium into electronics
As of September 20th,the Clean Clothes campaign Belgium (French speaking part) has a new name: ‘achACT – Actions Consommateurs Travailleurs’ or ‘PurchaseAct – Actions Consumers Workers’. This new name is linked to the broadening of…
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Phone Story – an educational game about the dark side of your smart phone
Phone Story is an educational game about the dark side of your favorite smart phone. Follow your phone’s journey around the world and fight the market forces in a spiral of planned obsolescence. Phone Story…