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News / February 27, 2017

Samsung: modern technology, medieval labor practices

This week, Samsung’s modern face is on full display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where tech industry giants are gathering to unveil the latest smartphones, tablets and mobile technology. What they don’t show…

News / February 27, 2017

Greenpeace has been calling on IT companies to switch to renewable energy

Since 2010, Greenpeace has been calling on major internet companies to power their data centers on renewable energy. Since then, there has been a real race to adopt renewable energy. On January 10, Greenpeace released…

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News / February 27, 2017

Financial Times wants no leniency for Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong as protesters cheer his arrest

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd vice chairman now under arrest on bribery charges, must be punished to the full extent of the law if convicted, The Financial Times insisted in a February 19 editorial….

News / February 24, 2017

Top Samsung Group executives offer to resign

According to news agency Yonhap, two senior Samsung Group executives have offered to resign. They take responsibility in the involvement of the conglomerate in the corruption scandal that led to the arrest of Lee Jae-Yong…

News / February 20, 2017

Growing problem of E-waste in Asia

Electronic waste is becoming an increasing problem in Asia. There is no sufficient pre-existing infrastructure to deal with the growing amount of e-waste. A particular concern is the variety of environmentally deleterious chemicals like mercury,…

News / February 20, 2017

Proposal Labor Ministry India to amend Factories Act

The Ministry of Labor and Employment submitted a proposal to amend the Factories Act, 1948, a central law that defines health and safety measures for workers. The government argues that these amendments are necessary to…

News / February 17, 2017

Event: Mobile Social Congress in Barcelona, February 28-March 1

On February 28 and March 1, 2017, SETEM Catalunya organizes the Mobile Social Congress in Barcelona as an alternative to the Mobile World Congress. The Mobile Social Congress will focus on the impact of activities…

News / February 17, 2017

Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong arrested

The chief of Samsung Group Jay Y. Lee is arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal at the highest levels of power in South Korea. Lee is accused of bribing a close friend…

News / February 16, 2017

Bribery scandal increases pressure on Samsung

The Nikkei Asian Review published special edition on Samsung as the pressure on the company turned up by the latest bribery scandal. Tax avoidance scandals and suspicions of bribery are not new to the company….

News / February 15, 2017

Presenting the ANROEV Newsletter ‘OSH Rights’

Occupational safety and Health (OSH) Rights is a quarterly newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety issues in Asia. Issue #39 of the newsletter contains information and news about the campaigns of the network in Asia…

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