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Though they take the easy road, as most of the big companies. Trying to work it out in Congo, as Fairphone does, would really be a statement. But possibly, that is not yet feasible at this moment, given the size of this contract.

It’s the approach that counts here. Fairphone has started completely as a new comer and (simply) did it. And they were far from being that wealthy than BMW. So again it doesn’t look like BMW wants to do better here.

I agree with the criticism but direct action is better than passive action by boycott, but it is also better than nothing.

State aid: Commission approves €3.2 billion public support by seven Member States for a pan-European research and innovation project in all segments of the battery value chain More specifically, the project participants and their partners will focus their work on four areas: (1) Raw and advanced…

[image] Tech giants sued over 'appalling' deaths of children who mine their cobalt |... A new lawsuit alleges that some of the world's largest tech companies — including Apple and Microsoft — are knowingly benefiting the use of deadly child labour at cobalt mines in Congo. …

[image] Tech Giants Sued Over Cobalt Child Abuses Does the Fairphone have cobalt in the battery from Congolese child mines? I sincerely hope not. [image] You searched for cobalt - Fairphone

Fighting this was part of the start of the Fairphone project: [image] About us - Together we’re creating demand for fair products About us - Together we’re creating demand for fair products. Together with our community, we’re changing the way products are made. …

[image] Cobalt mining: It’s time to face the facts and invest in making improvements... This week, US-based human rights firm International Rights Advocates filed a lawsuit accusing major international manufacturers of profiting from the labor of children working in dangerous, and sometime…

An article about ethical laptops [image] The Most Ethical Laptop You’ve Never Heard Of The iameco D4R uses recycled, modular, non-toxic components. Found in this article (mostly) about the Fairphone [image] To Repair Or Not To Repair…Your Own Phone …

[image] Ingo: An article about ethical laptops Even the celebrated iameco is among the worst offenders for supply chain management, which incorporates workers’ rights across the long networks that assemble digital products. We really need a fair laptop. Or go for refurbished, e.g. Refurbis…

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