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Article

22 Jul 2010

Author:
Boston Common Asset Management, Trillium Asset Management, As You Sow, Domini Social Investments and others

International Investor Coalition Urgently Calls for Improved Working Conditions in Electronics Manufacturing Facilities [PDF]

In light of a series of suicides at the Foxconn Electronics facility in China, a broad coalition of over 40...investors have...issue[d] a public statement condemning abusive workplace conditions in the global electronics supply chain...The statement...urges...consumer electronics companies...to redouble efforts to strictly monitor the practices of their suppliers...to promote worker rights. The Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)...has developed a code of conduct regarding specific labor and health and safety practices that has been widely adopted by the industry. The investor group...believes the EICC needs to go further in promoting worker rights and in demanding full disclosure on supply chain practices...[refers also to Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard]

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