Minerals that are used for every day products like smartphones, laptops and TVs are often tainted with human rights abuses like child labor and the financing of armed conflict. Existing laws and regulations to keep…
Mineworkers at IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in three different continents are facing attacks from multinational companies seeking to cut jobs, slash benefits and drive down wages. International solidarity and unity is needed to counter these…
Research conducted by Cividep and published by the GoodElectronics Network reveals substandard labour practices in Samsung’s manufacturing facility in Sungavarchatram, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. Poor wages and long working days and…
Historically, the ties between the South Korean government and the big conglomerates in the country, known as ‘chaebol’, are close. These close relationships are now questioned as ex-President Park Guen-hye is arrested in the corruption…
After months of pressure and protests of Greenpeace, Samsung finally published a plan to recycle and relaunch Galaxy Note 7 devices that have been recalled due to battery faults. Worldwide, 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7…
The new regulation obliges companies in the European Union to make sure their supply chains do not contribute to funding armed conflict. The regulation on conflict minerals covers the imports of tin, tantalum, tungsten and…
After a long struggle of local communities and civil society groups against large-scale metal mining in El Salvador, lawmakers passed a bill to ban all metal mining in the country last Wednesday. El Salvador has…
Over 7 billion smartphones have been produced since 2007. These smartphones have changed the world in many positive ways, but the manufacturing of the phones has a devastating impact on our planet. Greenpeace states in…
The Human Rights and Business Event on March 28th addressed the growing trend toward enhancing corporate responsibility through mandatory human rights due diligence, in light of the recent adoption of the French corporate duty of…