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Apple releases 13th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report
Apple today released its 13th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report…
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 push to clean up supply chain gained momentum in 2017
Apple Inc. touted major improvements in labor and environmental practices across…
Apple releases 12th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report
Apple’s 12th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report details progress the company is making…
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 needs to rethink how to clean up their supply chain
Apple Inc. needs to do better…
Workers describe noxious hazards at Apple supplier Catcher Technology’s China factory
At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian…
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 continues supply chain transparency as Trump administration considers suspending conflict mineral requirements
Apple released its 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report today, as concern mounts over the potential impact …
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…
Amnesty International: Apple and others failing on child labor checks
Major electronics brands, including Apple, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child laborers…
Apple COO: We take the heat on child labor because we work to rout it out
Apple COO Jeff Williams said that the reason Apple has come under attack for the use of child labor in its supply chain is that…
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…
Where Apple gets the tantalum for your iPhone
A year ago, Apple made a bold claim…
What happens when Apple finds a child making your iPhone
Apple executives decided to adopt a program designed in 2008…
Apple supplier audit tallies labor-rights violations
Apple Inc. (AAPL) uncovered labor violations in its supply chain…
Apple confirms suppliers use conflict-free minerals
Apple said that had it confirmed that its suppliers did not use…
Fair Labor Association sees progress at major Apple supplier Foxconn
A labor group monitoring three Chinese factories that make iPhones and other Apple products…
Indentured servants caught in Apple’s supply chain
One of Apple’s largest suppliers is Flextronics International…
Apple examining claims of labor violations at supplier factory in China
Apple Inc. said it’s looking into claims of labor abuses at a Jabil Circuit…
China Labor Watch alleges labor abuses at Apple supplier Pegatron in China
A new report from a Chinese workers-rights group alleges labor abuses…
Polycarbonate Apple iPhone confirmed in Pegatron labor abuses report
Apple’s future plan to introduce a polycarbonate iPhone is confirmed…
Environmental group says Apple is using illegally mined tin in products
Apple has said it has ‘lead a fact-finding visit’ to Bangka Island, Indonesia…
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…
Apple fires supplier over child labor violations
Apple fired one of its suppliers…
Conditions at Apple suppliers’ factories in China improving
Apple, the electronics industry’s behemoth, in the last year has tripled its corporate social responsibility staff..
Apple now tracking working hours of over one million supply chain employees
Apple has updated its supplier responsibility pages to note that it is now tracking…
Lightning accessory, other Made for iPhone makers must comply with Apple’s supplier responsibility code
There’s no gaggle of satellite trucks or eager liveblogs documenting every moment…
Worker’s catastrophic brain injury casts harsh new light on Foxconn and China
Apple Inc’s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker…
Foxconn Labor disputes said to disrupt iPhone production for 2nd time
Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones…
Foxconn makes 284 changes including trimming hours, boosting safety following FLA audits
Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.’s largest supplier, cut working hours and improved safety…
