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…
Greenpeace is targeting Dell for continuing to use PVC vinyl plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in all its computers, despite promising to eliminate these toxic substances. The giant PC maker committed publicly to be…
The IT industry will return to growth with 2010 IT spending forecast to total $3.3 trillion, a 3.3 percent increase from 2009, according to Gartner.Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, has published its…
On March 31, 2010, Park Ji-yeon — a young worker from Samsung’s Onyang semiconductor factory — died of leukemia at age 23. Her tragic death came less than one month after Samsung workers, their families,…
Microsoft states to be very concerned about the report by the National Labor Committee (NLC) alleging that conditions at a factory operated by KYE in Dongguan, China, were adversely impacting workers. KYE assembles and packages…
Semiconductor manufacturers TSMC and UMC report sales increase; at the same time semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending declined.10 April 2010, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC published its March 2010 Sales Report, revealing that revenues for January…
800 workers at the HP site in Erskine, Scotland, UK, were recently told to be losing their jobs. HP has decided to relocate production to the Czech Republic. Workers working at the HP site were…
Toxics Dispatch #37 A huge amount of electronic waste is generated by discarded mobile phones in India. The Indian mobile phone market adds almost 10 million annual subscribers, writes Toxics Link in Toxics Dispatch #…