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Author: Emilio Godoy, Proceso (México)
“Samsung: los recurrentes abusos laborales”, 19 de Enero de 2017...
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Author: Marie Viennot, France Culture
Les engagements éthiques des multinationales peuvent-ils se limiter à des mots? Pour le moment ils relèvent de la soft law, mais l'association Sherpa cherche à les rendre contraignant devant la justice (hard law). Sa cible, Samsung, cité à comparaître...
- Related stories: Procès Samsung (pour publicité mensongère et violations du droit du travail) Samsung lawsuit (re misleading advertising & labour rights abuses)
- Related in-depth areas: Dernières infos juridiques
- Related companies: Auchan Samsung
Author: Pieterjan Van Leemputten, Le Vif (Belgique)
« Quelles entreprises internet respectent-elles le plus l'environnement? », 10 janvier 2017...
- Related companies: Alibaba.com Alphabet Amazon.com Apple Baidu Facebook Google (part of Alphabet) Oracle Samsung Tencent
China: Graphite production for lithium-ion batteries causes severe environmental pollution; complaints by villagers are suppressed
Author: Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post
“In your phone, in their air - A trace of graphite is in consumer tech. In these Chinese villages, it’s everywhere.”, 2 October 2016...
Insufficient monitoring of supply chains by large battery manufacturers exposed
Author: Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post
„Tesla aims to sustain purity of car batteries, but can any company be sure?”, 30 December 2016...
- Related stories: Tracking human rights violations & environmental impacts in lithium batteries supply chains in China, DRC & So. America
- Related companies: Apple LG Chem Panasonic Samsung Sumitomo Group Umicore
Negative effects of lithium mining on indigenous communities in Chile & Argentina exposed by Washington Post investigation; includes company statements
Author: Todd C. Frankel & Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post
“Tossed aside in the ‘white gold’ rush: Indigenous people are left poor as tech world takes lithium from under their feet”, 19 December 2016...
- Related stories: Tracking human rights violations & environmental impacts in lithium batteries supply chains in China, DRC & So. America
- Related companies: Amazon.com Apple FMC General Motors LG Chem LG Electronics (part of LG Corp.) Panasonic Samsung Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) Tesla Motors Toyota
Tracking human rights violations & environmental impacts in lithium batteries supply chains in China, DRC & So. America
This series of stories in the Washington Post found that the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries - the power source for smartphones, laptops and electric cars - is linked to human rights abuses and environmental pollution in cobalt mines in Congo,...
Commentary: Major European football clubs must investigate their sponsors' human rights records
Author: Peter Bengtsen, Le Monde diplomatique
“Football giants don’t check on sponsors - Where the money comes from”, July 2015...
- Related companies: adidas Foxconn (part of Hon Hai) Hon Hai Intel Panasonic Qatar Airways Samsung
Tech giants pledge to keep children out of cobalt mines that supply smartphone and electric-car batteries
Author: Peter Whoriskey and Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post
Separate groups of the world’s leading technology companies are launching two initiatives to curb “the worst forms of child labor” and other abusive practices in the supply chain for cobalt, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries that power...
- Related companies: Apple Foxconn (part of Hon Hai) Hon Hai HP (Hewlett-Packard) LG Chem Samsung Samsung SDI (part of Samsung) Sony