The Responsible Mining Index 2020 report assesses 38 mining companies with 967 mine sites operating in 52 countries from the perspective of what society can reasonably expect of large-scale mining companies. The assessment covers 43…
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) delivers ten important messages on human rights and hazardous substances. The messages highlight the human rights obligations and responsibilities of States and other…
An article in Earth Island Magazine for Spring 2021 titled “Scrappy Endeavor” speaks mainly about two things: first, the Global South is a dumping ground for the world’s electronics Waste taking an example in Kenya,…
A new lithium mine will soon be built in Nevada. The mine will be run by Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of Canadian-owned Lithium Americas. Lithium Nevada will dig up the nation’s largest lithium supply in…
A newly published report by AMRC titled “Offshoring the Risk: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories” studies the reproductive and general health problems caused by exposure to hazardous substances coupled with sweatshop…
China Electronics Technology Group (CETC), a state-owned Chinese company is allegedly committing human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims group. The University of Manchester has terminated a research project with the company upon the allegations against…
A research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health studies the musculoskeletal disorder symptoms among workers in electronic waste recycling site in Ghana. Ghana is one of the biggest destinations of…
A report released by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre early this month shows that between 2010 to 2020 there is a total of 276 human rights allegations against companies mining six key commodities vital…
Close to a year into the country’s community quarantine and more than a year into the global pandemic, Filipino workers and their families are mired in deepening poverty due to unabated rise in prices of…
The Restart Project interviewed Omana George, the Monitoring Coordinator of Electronics Watch, on Covid-19, the impact on electronics workers, and current trends. She talked about the current situation of electronics workers under Covid-19. Omana said…