Over the past months a wave of suicides has occurred at the Foxconn plant of Longhua in southern China. Reportedly, 12 employees all between 18 and 24 years old have attempted to commit suicide. Foxconn…
Since the beginning of 2010, a startling ten Foxconn employees in Shenzhen tried to end their lives. Eight died, while two survived their injuries. All were between 18 and 25 years old—in the prime of…
The Congolese human rights organisation Action against impunity for human rights (ACIDH) has published a report covering the violation of the rights of workers employed by Chinese mining companies in the province of Katanga in…
Touch screen manufacturing workers are fighting for basic rights at Young Fast Optoelectronics (YFO) in Taiwan, a company that supplies to Samsung, LG, HTC and Google. YFO manufactured mobile phones are sold by telecom providers…
India benefits from developments in the electronics industry, but the coin has a clear flip side. In the Indian capital of New Delhi, men, women and children process the waste of electronic products from all…
Numerous NGOs, industry, and government efforts are attempting to address the challenges of mineral sourcing in the Democratic Republic of Congo conflict zones. An in-person meeting, held by BSR in partnership with the Responsible Sourcing…
SOMO has published a series of fact sheets on the electronics sector, specially designed for ethical investors who wish to express their social commitment through their investment strategy. The fact sheets detail the most important…
The brief company profile of KPN is a joint initiative of SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) and the VBDO (Vereniging van Beleggers voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling). The paper “KPN – Overview of controversial business…
29 April 2010, SOMO organised a conference on the renewal of the European directive on electronic waste (e-waste). In June 2009 the European Parliament will vote on amendments to this renewal. E-waste is a growing…
None of the ten largest automotive companies (Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Suzuki, Toyota and Volkswagen) consider the human rights impacts of the mining of their metals as part of…