About affiliation
What affiliates receive
Electronics Watch affiliates receive quarterly reports on worker-driven investigations in their supply chains. These provide credible evidence of human rights issues at specific production sites and guidance on whether and how to follow up with suppliers. Affiliates also receive one-on-one support to integrate human rights into individual procurements, and to develop or improve policies and practices relevant to socially responsible public procurement. Affiliates get access to a range of tools and resources and to working groups, webinars, peer-learning sessions and workshops.
To learn about the cost of affiliating, please see the affiliation dues structure.
What affiliates gain
Affiliates can achieve supply chain transparency quickly and efficiently because Electronics Watch shares supply chain data among those who purchase the same products. This reduces duplication for affiliates and their suppliers.
Electronics Watch helps affiliates exercise collective leverage, giving them more influence over suppliers than could be achieved individually. The Electronics Watch Contract Conditions and Code promote harmonisation and facilitate improved compliance with international labour standards.
Worker-driven monitoring provides affiliates with human rights insights seldom identified through supplier SAQs and social audits. By mutualising the costs of its monitoring and remediation activities, Electronics Watch can provide unparalleled value for money. Most importantly, affiliation gives public buyers the chance to drive real social impact. It's not the existence of a policy or management system that counts, but whether these work in practice. At Electronics Watch, success is measured by workers and solutions are developed with them.