We show the complex functioning of the production network, who are the key actors, and how consumers – especially public administrations – can cope with the labour violations that occur in the electronics supply chain. The report highlights the role played by both the electronics industry and the potential of public procurement in improving working conditions in the sector. This research examines the ICT expenditure made by public buyers … Read More
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United Nations Secretary-General convened a Panel on Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition to develop principles and recommended actions to place equity and justice at the heart of supply chains. The Panel, which included three civil society seats occupied by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Climate Action Network (CAN) and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), has just released its report. Thanks to recommendations from civil society … Read More
In response to the growing demand for critical minerals for the energy transition, Secretary-General António Guterres is leveraging the convening power of the United Nations to bring together a diverse group of governments and other stakeholders in the value chain of these minerals. Their goal is to develop a set of common, voluntary global principles to safeguard environmental and social standards and integrate justice into the energy transition. A recently … Read More
The company has justified reductions in wage compensation and the freezing of wages by a ‘crisis situation’, despite having declared that its operating profits for the second quarter would increase more than expected. Women workers at the semiconductor plant, beyond the wage increase, are demanding that the company not treat them “like machines”. Samsung Electronics’ largest union, the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), has launched an indefinite strike after failed … Read More
With the aim of facing the challenge posed by the growing volume of production of electrical and electronic equipment, at SETEM we collect various proposals aimed at the public administration, companies and manufacturers and consumers. The increasing amount of electronic waste is mainly caused by higher consumption of ESA, short product life cycles, and few affordable repair options. Before becoming a waste, our devices have travelled a long way to … Read More
In this report, we analyse the working conditions electronic products are produced by factory workers in the Philippines. An analysis from a gender perspective, since most of the workers in these factories in the region are women. The feminization of work in the manufacturing sector has been a global trend in recent decades. The report stresses that working women in electronics factories tend to have less access to education and … Read More
More than half of the 103 workers at the factory, including some of the deceased, were workers on temporary contracts. On 24 June, a huge explosion set fire to a lithium battery factory in South Korea, killing 23 women workers. The fire started at 10:31 a.m. local time after a series of batteries exploded inside a warehouse containing about 35,000 units. The fire spread through the factory run by battery … Read More
When Jessica first started working in an electronics factory in the Philippines, she received no safety training and no information about the health risks involved in her new job. After over a decade of doing soldering work at the factory, she was diagnosed first with trigger finger. Then, an ovarian cyst. Before she was finally transferred to another unit doing lighter work, she had to undergo various surgical interventions and, … Read More
EU campaigning pays off with promising new repair rules, but we need many more products to be covered After years of intense campaigning by right to repair advocates, EU lawmakers have finally agreed upon new repair rules (1). The Right to Repair Europe coalition, representing more than 140 organisations in 24 European countries, celebrates that the new law will pave the way for better access to affordable repairs for selected … Read More
