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News / December 15, 2016

New evaluation on major US retailers’ safer chemicals programs: Walmart is first, Amazon is worst

The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition has released a new report card about US retailers’ safer chemicals programs this week. The coalition investigated to what extent companies like Amazon, Costco, Target and Walmart are making…

News / December 14, 2016

In response to reports of labour rights violations, Samsung introduces new Migrant Worker Guidelines

After the recent publication of an article that detailed the violations of workers’ rights in Samsung factories in Malaysia, Samsung has announced new Migrant Worker Guidelines. In the article from the Guardian, Samsung announced that…

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News / December 14, 2016

GoodElectronics Sub-Granting Scheme Edition 3 – Results

The GoodElectronics network is happy to announce that, through the network’s sub-granting scheme, nine of its member organisations will receive financial support for their activities in 2017. Through workshops, research, advocacy and the creation of…

News / November 30, 2016

The case for worker-led monitoring as a way to challenge sweatshop conditions

The New Internationalist recently published a blog post written by David Foust Rodríguez, coordinator of GoodElectronics member CEREAL (Center for Labor Reflection and Action). His article is a case for worker-led monitoring as an alternative to corporate…

News / November 25, 2016

Vietnamese workers paying the price for the Note 7 Fiasco

The fiasco of exploding Galaxy Note 7 phones and Samsung’s subsequent decision to halt production of the newly introduced Note is directly affecting workers in Vietnam. At Samsung Electronics’ plant in Bac Ninh, which employs…

News / November 25, 2016

Video: Closing the Loop shows how it contributes to the circular economy

GoodElectronics member Closing the Loop video explains the steps they take to turn potential e-waste into a source of income, preventing environmental damage in the process.   “The major e-waste challenge can’t be solved by…

News / November 24, 2016

How much E-waste will be produced by Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 recall?

20 metric tons of cobalt, more than one ton of tungsten, one ton of silver, 100 kilograms of gold, and 20 to 60 kilograms of palladium: this collection of resources is inside the 4.3 million…

News / November 24, 2016

EU: Conflict Minerals agreement reached as exemptions added

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…

Video / November 24, 2016

‘Cash machine’ Apple creates poor societies

News / November 23, 2016

No way out for Samsung workers in Malaysia

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…

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