This report aims to promote responsible practices among businesses operating in the South Asian region, in alignment with the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report suggests that respect for the human rights…
Report by the Ethical Corporation Institute finds examples of success among industry initiatives that address CSR, but others that have yet to meet the expectations of stakeholders.A recent report by the Ethical Corporation Institute entitled…
Monday 25 May 2009, the Zhuhai Community Service Center for Migrant Workers was inaugurated. The community centre is a partnership between Flextronics and the Culture and Communication Center for Facilitators (CCCF). Flextronics is a Singapore-based…
2008 was another difficult and often dangerous year for trade unionists around the world, according to this year’s ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations, which details abuses of fundamental workers’ rights in 143…
This report analyses how global production networks are configured and how the incorporation of firms into these networks impacts on the position of workers and their rights. The apparel and electronics sector in Romania provide…
In February 2009, SACOM and WEED published an updated version of the report “The Dark Side of Cyberspace” describing among other issues the sub-standard working conditions at Dongguan-based Excelsior Electronics. Excelsior is a major supplier…
The Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative Extractives Workgroup has commissioned RESOLVE, an American non-profit organisation, to map the supply chain for tin (solder), tantalum (capacitors and deposition targets), and cobalt (batteries and…
An animated film illustrates the environmental and human damage caused by electronics waste while offering solutions to this global problem.An animated film by Ian Lynam illustrates the environmental and human damage caused by electronics waste…
On 8 June 2009, Dutch service provider KPN organised a stakeholder dialogue meeting, together with the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO). SOMO was among the participants, together with KPN staff representing different…
The film ‘Citizens at Risk: How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Pathway Out of Poverty for India’s Recyclers’ is an international collaboration between Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Chintan, and IMAK. This film takes the viewer…