Electronics Watch

What did Electronics Watch achieve in 2023? Read our Annual Report to find out! You can see a taster of a key section, 'Acting as one', posted below, but it's much easier to read at 📣 https://arcg.is/180n0i0 Browse the full Electronics Watch Annual Report 2023 for highlights of the year, and an overview of how collaboration has allowed us to increase our impact for workers in global supply chains. #workersrights #humanrights #publicprocurement #publicbuyers #supplychains #remedy #electronics #ICT #responsibleprocurement #socialresponsibility #duediligence

Electronics Watch affiliates are warmly invited to register for our Annual Conference 2024! Under the theme "Public Procurement and the Evolving Due Diligence Landscape", the conference will take place from 6-7 November in Brussels, Belgium. It is generously co-hosted by the Flemish Agency for Facility Operations (Het Facilitair Bedrijf - Vlaamse overheid), with support from the Flemish Government, Vlaamse overheid). The Annual Conference facilitates learning and exchange at the intersection of socially responsible public procurement and labour rights, and provides a unique opportunity for Electronics Watch affiliates and monitoring partners to meet face-to-face. It will raise awareness about the issues workers are facing, and how they can be addressed through the public procurement process. Affiliates can find out more, log in and register at https://lnkd.in/dTPEfuJM #publicprocurement #workersrights #supplychains #duediligence #responsibleprocurement #procurement #humanrights #electronics #mining #lowemissionvehicles

Collaboration at the heart of our impact: Annual Report 2023 The Electronics Watch Annual Report 2023 reflects on a year where collaboration has allowed us to increase our impact for workers in global supply chains. It has laid the groundwork for more mature industry dialogue in 2024 and beyond, and more coordinated and strategic activities that to use public buyer leverage to promote and protect workers' rights. 📣 Read it here https://arcg.is/180n0i0 #workersrights #humanrights #publicprocurement #publicbuyers #supplychains #remedy #electronics #ICT #responsibleprocurement #socialresponsibility #duediligence

"The collective leverage of public buyers means we can offer worker-driven remedy.  Workers are kept informed and consulted on how to proceed throughout the remediation process which follows their grievances."   Our work on grievance mechanisms as part of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Initiative for Global Solidarity is featured in their latest 'Sustainability Forward' newsletter. It focuses on Malaysia, where our monitoring partner Tenaganita works to support migrant workers in the electronics industry. Read the full publication, and the interview with Aykut Kazanci on p.11, at https://lnkd.in/dUtwCwep #workersrights #humanrights #migrants #grievance #remediation #remedy #publicbuyers #publicprocurement #supplychains Glorene Das Joseph Paul Maliamauv

Read the latest news from our monitoring partner SARW, including a workshop focusing on labour rights in DRC's cobalt mines held in partnership with Electronics Watch and Centre d’Aide Juridico-Judiciaire (CAJJ).

Find out more about Electronics Watch affiliate the City of Copenhagen (Københavns Kommune), Denmark, and their approach to responsible procurement. CSR consultants Emil Birk and Ida Juul Pedersen talk about following up labour clauses, national and international site visits, aspirations to support workers to organise and include trade unions in remedy, and more! #workersrights #humanrights #sustainability #publicprocurement #responsibleprocurement #socialresponsibility #supplychains #duediligence Koncernservice Read the full profile at https://lnkd.in/daCGFkux

The terrible fire of 24 June at the Aricell lithium battery factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, is a tragic reminder of the cost workers pay to provide the world with electronic devices. At least 23 workers have been killed, and many others injured. Electronics Watch grieves for the victims of this disaster and their families, and stands in solidarity with all workers exposed to workplace hazards and exploitation. We add our voice to those of South Korean trade unions in calling for stricter health and safety standards in the industry, and better enforcement. Human beings are not expendable. The increasing global demand for lithium batteries should not come at the expense of the health, wellbeing, or lives of workers. Read our full statement: https://lnkd.in/eebQ3hEM #workersrights #humanrights

Electronics Watch is launching an Innovation Pilot to expand our unique model of working with public buyers to promote and protect the rights of workers in their supply chains. Register for our webinar at 11am CEST on Wednesday, July 3rd, to learn more about the pilot, and how it will go beyond our current focus in ICT and low emission vehicles, and how you can participate. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/dRdT5ThA #workersrights #publicprocurement #supplychains #InnovationPilot

I was so glad to join a panel discussing how best to address vulnerability and exploitation of migrant workers that work in global supply chains. We all agreed that workers need to be at the centre of strategies, policies and processes - not only on recruitment but also remedy. Check out Electronics Watch's Worker-Driven Remedy Principles. We'd love organisations of all kinds to use and adapt them to fit their context.

Looking forward to speaking on a panel tomorrow at the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment Electronics Watch. Will share examples and insights of our efforts to end recruitment fee charging, supporting remedy for migrant workers, and driving change through public procurement leverage.