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Tag: Apple Supplier Responsibility

Apple pushes recycling with ‘Daisy’ robot, but mining still necessary

Friday, January 10, 2020 3:15 pmFriday, January 10, 2020No Comments

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…

Apple deserves kudos for doing right by workers in reducing supplier violations

Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:59 am2 Comments

I’ve been quite harsh toward Apple Inc. for a long time…

Apple releases 13th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:02 pmWednesday, March 6, 2019No Comments

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:27 pmWednesday, March 6, 20193 Comments

The existence of devices like the iPhone has come at a price…

Apple cobalt supplier seeking ethical supply with industry pilot

Monday, March 26, 2018 3:56 pmMonday, March 26, 20182 Comments

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

Thursday, March 8, 2018 10:28 amThursday, March 8, 20181 Comment

Apple Inc. touted major improvements in labor and environmental practices across…

Apple releases 12th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report

Thursday, March 8, 2018 8:45 amThursday, March 8, 20182 Comments

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

Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:03 pm9 Comments

Recent reports that Apple is looking to procure cobalt, an essential component in smartphone batteries…

Why Apple wants its own supply of cobalt

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:32 pm9 Comments

Apple may be cutting out the middleman in its acquisitions of cobalt…

Apple in talks to buy cobalt directly from miners

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:58 amWednesday, February 21, 20186 Comments

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

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 1:28 pmWednesday, January 17, 20187 Comments

Apple Inc. needs to do better…

Workers describe noxious hazards at Apple supplier Catcher Technology’s China factory

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:31 pm8 Comments

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

Monday, November 20, 2017 3:46 pm7 Comments

As tech companies come under pressure over the questionable ethics involved in their supply chains…

Apple has recovered millions in gold from old iPhones

Monday, October 16, 2017 9:36 amMonday, October 16, 201712 Comments

Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold, valued at…

Conflict minerals: Why Apple can’t stop digging holes

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 10:55 amWednesday, April 26, 201714 Comments

Just before Earth Day, Apple Inc. announced a new goal…

Apple promises to one day stop mining minerals to make iPhones

Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:32 am20 Comments

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

Monday, March 27, 2017 3:55 pm14 Comments

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

Friday, April 1, 2016 10:57 amFriday, April 1, 20164 Comments

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

Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:01 pmThursday, March 31, 201613 Comments

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

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:47 amTuesday, January 19, 201615 Comments

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

Thursday, January 7, 2016 10:46 am9 Comments

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

Friday, September 25, 2015 9:37 am19 Comments

No company has done more to improve working conditions for Chinese factory workers than Apple Inc…

Apple bans ‘bonded servitude’ at supplier factories worldwide

Thursday, February 12, 2015 1:58 pmThursday, February 12, 20154 Comments

Apple informed suppliers in October that it would prohibit any worker…

Apple’s Jeff Williams: We’re working to improve suppliers’ working conditions

Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:26 amThursday, February 12, 20155 Comments

Apple says it is making ‘concrete changes for the better’ at the factories…

Apple says they’re making progress eliminating conflict minerals

Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:59 am12 Comments

Apple said it had identified 225 smelters in its supply chain that…

Where Apple gets the tantalum for your iPhone

Thursday, February 5, 2015 10:55 amThursday, February 5, 201522 Comments

A year ago, Apple made a bold claim…

What happens when Apple finds a child making your iPhone

Friday, March 7, 2014 11:01 amFriday, March 7, 201443 Comments

Apple executives decided to adopt a program designed in 2008…

Apple supplier audit tallies labor-rights violations

Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:30 am4 Comments

Apple Inc. (AAPL) uncovered labor violations in its supply chain…

Apple confirms suppliers use conflict-free minerals

Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:37 am5 Comments

Apple said that had it confirmed that its suppliers did not use…

Fair Labor Association sees progress at major Apple supplier Foxconn

Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:26 pmThursday, December 12, 20133 Comments

A labor group monitoring three Chinese factories that make iPhones and other Apple products…

Indentured servants caught in Apple’s supply chain

Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:57 amThursday, November 7, 201322 Comments

One of Apple’s largest suppliers is Flextronics International…

Apple examining claims of labor violations at supplier factory in China

Friday, September 6, 2013 9:10 am22 Comments

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

Monday, July 29, 2013 9:28 amMonday, July 29, 201310 Comments

A new report from a Chinese workers-rights group alleges labor abuses…

Polycarbonate Apple iPhone confirmed in Pegatron labor abuses report

Monday, July 29, 2013 9:01 amMonday, July 29, 201320 Comments

Apple’s future plan to introduce a polycarbonate iPhone is confirmed…

Environmental group says Apple is using illegally mined tin in products

Friday, July 12, 2013 2:31 pmFriday, July 12, 20138 Comments

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

Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:02 amThursday, March 7, 20137 Comments

Apple has reported that its goal to bring supply chain workers workweeks…

Apple fires supplier over child labor violations

Friday, January 25, 2013 8:30 am18 Comments

Apple fired one of its suppliers…

Conditions at Apple suppliers’ factories in China improving

Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:52 amThursday, December 27, 201213 Comments

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

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:30 am5 Comments

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

Thursday, November 8, 2012 4:38 pm1 Comment

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

Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:49 am36 Comments

Apple Inc’s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker…

Foxconn Labor disputes said to disrupt iPhone production for 2nd time

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:30 amTuesday, October 9, 201224 Comments

Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones…

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