Strong and sustainable industrial policy is required to tackle the challenges of the Industry 4.0, said unions at the IndustriALL Global Union’s steering committee on information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical & electronics on 6-7…
Leading IT brands are moving to certify mobile computers and tablets for sustainability factors. During March-April, 26 models of notebook computers and tablets have met the new, advanced sustainability criteria in TCO Certified, the third…
Printer company Lexmark International Inc, which has repeatedly mistreated workers in Mexico, has agreed to a deal that will take it private. A consortium of investors led by China-based Apex Technology Co Ltd and PAG…
Nearly 1000 Vietnamese workers for the Korean electronics company Bluecom Vina started a strike on April 11 after the Korean directors ignored their pleas to increase wages and reduce working hours. Bluecom is subcontractor to…
Research by SOMO reveals that serious human rights violations and environmental pollution are happening in Congo as a result of cobalt mining, including water pollution and forced evictions. Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries for…
It is in batteries, laptops and mobile phones: cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and frequently involves gross human rights violations. What is going wrong and who is responsible?* April…
The GoodElectronics Network, in collaboration with SOMO, Friends of the Earth/Milieudefensie and the Stop Child Labour Coalition is set to hold a round table meeting on Responsible Mining for Electronics. The meeting, hosted by the…
In the last decade, Dubai has become an important hub for the global gold trade. Around 40 percent of all gold traded on the international market flows through the “city of gold,” as Dubai likes…
Leaked data from the Panama Papers shows that banks and companies that are trading in and refining gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have set up their ownership structures to be opaque and…