THE BIG BATTERY BOOM

Electric cars can play an important role in the transformation of the transport sector towards a fossil free future. But producing batteries for these vehicles comes with serious social and environmental costs. A truly just transformation of transport requires reducing our material footprint. This means focusing on more and better public transport, and fundamentally changing our relationship to cars. Transport plays a key role in the energy transition, as it … Read More

MEASURES FOR A FAIR ENERGY AND DIGITAL TRANSITION

The climate crisis is already a reality that forces us to adopt an energy transition, abandon fossil fuels and bet on renewable energies. However, the current political and economic approach of the great economic powers does not lead us to make a just and truly sustainable transition.   Transition plans, in which the private electric vehicle plays a leading role, are generating a sharp increase in the demand for certain … Read More

WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE ELECTRONICS FACTORIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN TERMS OF GENDER

We analyse the working conditions in which electronic equipment is produced by factory workers in the Philippines The feminization of labour in the manufacturing sector has been a global trend in recent decades, extending to many economic sectors, including electronics. The report highlights that female workers in electronics factories, in this case in the Philippines, tend to have less access to education and fewer employment alternatives with respect to men, … Read More

MAPPING OF INITIATIVES FOR THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC WASTE

In order to face the challenge posed by the growing volume of production of electrical and electronic equipment, we collect various proposals aimed at public administration, companies and manufacturers and consumers.   WeEE is the type of waste that is growing the most in the world. In 2019, an average of 53.6 million tons (Mt) of WEEE was generated globally, which means 7.3 kg per person. The global generation of … Read More

FORCED LABOR IN ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN MALAYSIA

The Danish journalistic group Danwatch reveals in a report prepared on the ground and coordinated by SETEM Catalunya that the migrant staff of a factory in Malaysia, supplier of the main chip producers in Europe and the USA, suffer from situations of forced labor, violent threats, passport retention and significant salary deductions. Witnesses about the conditions of slavery that are lived in the Malay factories have long been known. Although … Read More

LITHIUM EXTRACTION IN THE CHILEAN DESERT, ESSENTIAL FOR ELECTRONICS

The Danish journalistic group Danwatch reveals in a report elaborated on the ground and coordinated by SETEM Catalunya how our increasing demand for lithium for the manufacture of smartphones and electric cars has serious environmental impacts in the Atacama Desert, Chile.   We present an investigation through different articles, reports and other audiovisual formats, on how the extraction of lithium for the batteries of our computers, telephones and electric vehicles … Read More

L’auge de la reparació comunitària: les dades de l’Open Repair Alliance

Open Repair Alliance El 19 d’octubre SETEM va ser el dia internacional de la reparació. Aquest any, a més, l’ORA ha presentat les principals conclusions del seu darrer informe dut a terme a partir de les dades procedents d’iniciatives comunitàries de reparació. S’han utilitzat dades recollides d’uns 208.000 registres d’intents de reparació d’aparells electrònics. Des de l’arribada dels primers Repair Cafes el 2009, les iniciatives no paren de créixer: en … Read More

COP29: The Carbon Footprint of Big Tech and Supply Chains

Last week marked the beginning of COP29, where representatives from around 200 countries gather to address the global climate crisis and the pressing need to limit temperature rises. This year’s conference, held from November 11–22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, aims to continue advancing the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target. However, one sector which remains surprisingly detached from its climate responsibilities is Big Tech. Despite public pledges, major technology companies, especially because of … Read More

CONNECT WITHOUT CONFLICTS

From SETEM, ISF and Alboan we have been demanding #FairElectronics for years, given the serious social and environmental impacts that occur throughout all phases of the life cycle of an electronics product. → Made by SETEM Catalunya, Ingeniería sin Fronteras and Alboan. Video focused on mineral extraction, in order to keep fighting and change this injustice. WITH THE SUPPORT

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Trilogy on the impact of Covid-19 on workers in the electronics sector in India, where the pandemic has aggravated the precariousness and overexploitation of workforces, especially for migrants, and even more, women.   → Made by SETEM Catalunya with CIVIDEP India. 1. Less salaries and more work. 2. Tamporary workers without union representation. 3. The added obstacles to women workers. WITH THE SUPPORT

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