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China: NGO coalition issues report alleging IT brand suppliers pollute China's water bodies with heavy metals; companies respond
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On 5 June 2010, a coalition of Chinese NGOs, led by Friends of Nature, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Green Beagle, issued an update detailing the responses of 29 IT companies to its April 2010 report, “The IT Industry Has a Critical Duty to Prevent Heavy Metal Pollution”. The update stated that of the 29 companies, 3 had submitted "insubstantial responses" and 8 companies had not responded. Subsequently, on 18 June, the NGO coalition issued two announcements stating that it had received responses from two of the eight "non-responding" companies, IBM and Canon, and recommending the companies take further action. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre contacted the 6 other companies that did not respond to the report (Apple, BYD, Ericsson, LG, Philips, Vodafone) and the 3 companies whose responses the NGO coalition regarded as “insubstantial” (Foxconn, Motorola, SingTel) and invited them to provide responses. The companies’ responses and non-responses are as follows......[Also includes links to original report, the update, and further announcements issued by the NGO coalition]
