On November 22 the European Union (EU) has taken a first step towards cleaning up Europe’s trade in minerals. According to a broad coalition of NGOs, this first attempt is positive, but also half-hearted. EU…
Migrant workers at a Samsung microwave factory in Malaysia find themselves with large debts to labour agencies and work twelve to fourteen hours a day with very little time to eat or drink. The Guardian…
A recent report from Bloomberg shows that the mining of gold in Colombia often fuels human rights violations in local communities. An estimated 87 percent of Colombia’s gold is produced in informal or illegal mines. Once…
Half a square kilometer in Mexico City is dedicated almost entirely to the recycling of e-waste. Bloomberg Business visited the neighborhood of Renovación to see how recycling activities are affecting the local community, and they looked…
On paper, it seems that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has a system in place to detect human rights abuses in the supply chains of minerals like tin, tantalum and gold. In…
San Jose, November 11, 2016 — This week the GoodElectronics Network and the International Campaign for Responsible Technology (IRCT) launched the online Chemical Challenge Gap Analysis, showing just how far the manufacturing standards developed by…
GoodElectronics member Repórter Brasil celebrates fifteen years of exposing companies that are involved in human rights violations. The organisation’s executive secretary, Marcel Gomes, wrote a reflection on the role of Repórter Brasil. Gomes states that…
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is calling for applications for its flagship Human Rights Defenders Advocacy Program in 2017 – the extensive training programme for human rights defenders. If you are a human rights defender keen to…
Today, the Good Electronics network responded to Samsung’s apology to US-based consumers and investors in an open letter calling on the newly appointed Vice Chairman Mr. Jae-Yong Lee to show the same concern for Samsung’s…