Thailand’s automotive and electronics industry is strengthening its approach to responsible business conduct through a new training program led by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Launched under the ILO’s Advancing Responsible Supply Chains and Decent…
Every year on 28 April, International Workers’ Memorial Day calls us to remember those killed, injured or made ill by their work. This year, the crisis in focus is psychosocial risk, less visible than a…
Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone has published its 2025 Impact Report, specifically, what factory workers in the electronics supply chain are actually paid compared to what it costs to live. Research cited in the report identifies…
Malaysia’s ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants raises a serious human rights concern: many of those arrested, detained, and criminalized may in fact be victims of human trafficking. MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) warns…
In 1981, North Carolina welcomed the semiconductor industry as a promise of jobs and modernization, investing millions in what leaders called a new industrial revolution. Yet behind the optimism, advocates were already asking a crucial…
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, GoodElectronics Network calls for enhanced protections for workers’ human rights across global electronics supply chains, and the end of complicity of tech giants in Israel’s war in Gaza….
As states meet for the United Nations Environment Assembly, Colombia and several other countries have proposed a binding global treaty to address environmental and human rights risks in mineral extraction, including measures for due diligence…
An advocacy group in the U.S. is suing Apple, saying that the company profited from using conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. The case filed in Washington D.C., argues that…