Philips
ABDUP: an influential lobby for Dutch multinationals
Based on a ‘freedom of information’ request and research by SOMO, Platform Authentieke Journalistiek (Platform Authentic Journalism) published an article, for Follow The Money, about a lobby for Dutch multinationals called ABDUP. This lobby represents…
Launch of the ‘Responsible Mica Initiative’
SOMO’s mica research leads to action by companies and governments
Report reveals victim stories of chemical poisoning in electronics industry in China
The GoodElectronics Network’s latest report ‘Poisonous Pearl’ focuses on the experiences of (former) workers in the electronics industry in China who are victims of chemical poisoning. The health of all the workers in the report…
The Poisonous Pearl
Occupational chemical poisoning in the electronics industry in the Pearl River Delta, People’s Republic of China
Beauty and a Beast: take the child labour out of your cosmetics
At least twenty thousand children work in mica mines in the region Jharkhand/Bihar, India. They work long hours in dangerous conditions. Mica is used in cosmetics, car paints, and many other products. On 22 May…
Beauty and a Beast
Child labour in India for sparkling cars and cosmetics
Gold from children’s hands
Use of child-mined gold by the electronics sector
Brazil, the new manufacturing hotspot for electronics?
Workers’ rights in the global electronics sector
Report of the May 2012 makeITfair and GoodElectronics Round Table
Royal Philips Electronics N.V. – Unresolved CSR Issues in 2010
Social Dialogue at Philips Lighting
The ILO defines social dialogue as: “ all types of negotiation, consultation or simply exchange of information between,
Philips Electronics – Overview of controversial business practices in 2008
Trade union situation at Sanmina SCI Systems in Mexico
In a short paper F. Weyzig of SOMO describes the current trade union situation at Sanmina SCI Systems in México (Sanmina), a supplier of Philips, on the basis of information provided by CEREAL. Sanmina has…
Philips Electronics – Overview of controversial business practices in 2007
FNV Company Monitor; Philips Mexico summary
FNV Company Monitor; Philips Brazil summary