In the context of the Procure IT Fair project, SOMO collected information on public institutions and other organisations in Europe that actively engage in the sustainable public procurement of IT hardware. Examples of procurement of…
The global mobile telecom industry has grown enormously in the past years and consequently, the industry has an increasing environmental and social footprint. At the same time the mobile phone technology offers immense opportunities for…
An editorial by Prof. Eric Williams of Arizona State University in Discovery News entitled ‘Three Reasons Why a Ban on e-Waste Exports is Wrong’, dated 10 August 2010, is responded to in kind on 13…
“Deconstructing Foxconn’’, a 20-minute film, tells the story of the suicide victims and numerous other anonymous migrant workers employed by Foxconn in China. One of the victims is Tian Yu, 17 year old, who jumped…
The full concerns as brought forward by Toxics Link in August 2010. A summary: Objectives: The Objective of the Draft states that is to enable “recovery and reuse”, thereby relegating the objective to “safeguard environment…
Students in Europe are highly critical of the purchasing policies of universities and universities of applied sciences. They are demanding that ICT is purchased sustainably and fairly by the institutions at which they are studying,…
Multinational Enterprises hosted by the European Union have continually and increasingly been associated with gross environmental and human rights violations within the EU and internationally. Violations that have been extensively documented by civil society groups,…
Foxconn is shortlisted for the People’s Public Eye Award. In September, SACOM, GoodElectronics and Bread for All nominated Foxconn for the worst company of the year 2010. The nomination of Foxconn is justified by a…
European companies often impact the lives of people across the globe. Yet they are not often made accountable for their actions on foreign soil. In many cases, European companies allow for and exacerbate human rights…