Greenpeace calls upon Facebook to use 100% renewable energy. How the internet is powered is an issue not just for Facebook but for the entire IT industry. The industry holds many of the keys to…
Pre-existing inequalities exacerbates effects of the financial crisis on women, concludes a meeting of metalworker unions held in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Over-represented in precarious and low paid employment, women in manufacturing jobs have…
A ‘cancer cluster’ was discovered among young Samsung manufacturing workers exposed to toxic chemicals in Korea. The deaths of colleagues has motivated workers to demand that Samsung takes responsibility for for the hazards of semiconductor…
24 February, Apple released its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report provides details about Apple’s approach to working with suppliers. Included are a summary of Apple’s 2009 audits and descriptions of core violations, frequent…
Seattle, Washington (1 March 2010). The Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental watchdog organization, reported today that it had successfully prevented nine sea-going containers of hazardous electronic waste from a Massachusetts business calling themselves a…
EMF condemns the fact that Philip’s management is celebrating the company’s results by dishing out outrageous bonuses to management as revealed in the 2009 annual report. The company handled the crisis through site closures, job…
Recently, the German Institute for Applied Ecoloy (Oeko Institut) sent a letter of concern to the GeSI/EICC Exctractives Working Group. In this letter, the Oeko Institut outlines some issues considered important when taking action in…
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on business and human rights John Ruggie is currently carrying out a review to test the Principles for non-judicial, company-level mechanisms set out in his 2008…
The International Metalworkers’ Federation organised a seminar for unions organising workers in the different locations of Siemens in India. This was the first time ever that these unions belonging to different union federations and partly…