Leaflet: China calling: make IT fair
Frame of Reference for Responsible Business in South Asia
Trade union situation at Sanmina SCI Systems in Mexico
In a short paper F. Weyzig of SOMO describes the current trade union situation at Sanmina SCI Systems in México (Sanmina), a supplier of Philips, on the basis of information provided by CEREAL. Sanmina has…
Electronics companies address issues in the mining industry
One year into its campaign, makeITfair, a coalition of environmental and human rights organisations, receives promising commitments from the electronics industry. The campaign urges companies to translate these commitments into concrete actions.”makeITfair welcomes these reactions…
US Electronics Retailer Best Buy agrees to offer free e-waste take back
The American NGO As You Sow is successful in its effort to push Best Buy, the largest US electronics retailers to offer free take back of electronic waste in more than 10 of its US…
Major Retailers Start PVC Phase Out
Following a commitment made to AYS by Target Stores last fall, three more giant retail chains will begin to reduce their use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in their products. As You Sow’s Associate Director,…
Report: “ High Tech – No Rights? A One Year Follow Up Report on the Working Conditions in the Electronics Hardware Sector in China.
A year after the launch of the “High Tech – No Rights?” campaign, Bread for All, the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) publish a new study on working…
Greenpeace catches Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo “Playing Dirty”
Amsterdam, 20 May 2008, The Greenpeace scientific report “Playing Dirty”, released today, reveals that the world’s most popular game consoles, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360, tested positive for hazardous…
SVTC’s India Documentation Project
Unfortunately, ‘recycling’ of e-waste often means the crude dismantling of e-waste under extremely hazardous conditions. To help address this growing global problem, SVTC is teaming up with Chintan Environmental Research Action Group on a project…