Apple is working to transform how electronics are recycled with a robot named “Daisy” that disassembles iPhone so that rare earth metals can be reused, but…
Tag: Apple supplier audits
Behind the hype of Apple’s plan to one day stop mining the earth altogether
The existence of devices like the iPhone has come at a price…
Apple cobalt supplier seeking ethical supply with industry pilot
A supplier of cobalt to Apple Inc. is joining with others in the industry to try to ensure the metal…
Apple’s potential cobalt mining play is about more than money
Recent reports that Apple is looking to procure cobalt, an essential component in smartphone batteries…
Why Apple wants its own supply of cobalt
Apple may be cutting out the middleman in its acquisitions of cobalt…
Apple in talks to buy cobalt directly from miners
Apple Inc. is in talks to buy long-term supplies of cobalt directly from miners for the first time…
Apple’s Lisa Jackson on making a completely green iPhone and tackling child labour concerns in supply chain
As tech companies come under pressure over the questionable ethics involved in their supply chains…
Apple has recovered millions in gold from old iPhones
Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold, valued at…
Conflict minerals: Why Apple can’t stop digging holes
Just before Earth Day, Apple Inc. announced a new goal…
Apple promises to one day stop mining minerals to make iPhones
Apple has one of the most aggressive sustainability and recycling programs in tech, but…
Apple takes groundbreaking steps to combat deadly trade in conflict minerals
Apple’s detailed report highlighted that 100% of the smelters in the company’s supply chain were participating in third-party independent audits…
Greenpeace: Apple should set a better example with its supplier report
Apple says conditions at the factories where its iPhones and iPads are made have improved…
Apple under fire for China factory conditions as iPhone launched
No company has done more to improve working conditions for Chinese factory workers than Apple Inc…
Apple bans ‘bonded servitude’ at supplier factories worldwide
Apple informed suppliers in October that it would prohibit any worker…
Apple’s Jeff Williams: We’re working to improve suppliers’ working conditions
Apple says it is making ‘concrete changes for the better’ at the factories…
Apple says they’re making progress eliminating conflict minerals
Apple said it had identified 225 smelters in its supply chain that…
What happens when Apple finds a child making your iPhone
Apple executives decided to adopt a program designed in 2008…
Apple: 99% of supply chain workers now working under 60 hours per week
Apple has reported that its goal to bring supply chain workers workweeks…
Foxconn Labor disputes said to disrupt iPhone production for 2nd time
Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones…
Apple CEO Cook places higher quality restrictions supply chain management
Since Apple’s current CEO Tim Cook took over the company’s management…
‘Slacktivism’ groups claim credit for Apple supplier audits over a month after Apple originally announced its plans
Two organizations that host online petition drives are claiming credit for Apple’s partnership…
