When a group of workers at the Foxconn Sriperumbudur factory in India raised concerns about not receiving their statutory annual bonuses, Electronics Watch affiliates took action. Our latest Impact Story explores what happened, the importance of public buyer leverage, and some key workers' rights takeaways.

Amsterdam has become the first Dutch entity to join the Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Programme. This initiative, launched in 2022, is extending the successful Electronics Watch impact model into the automotive sector. The programme already includes six Electronics Watch affiliates and three other public sector participants from Belgium, Germany, Norway, Spain and the UK.

A new study from the OECD underlines the limitations of most ESG data, with 80% of metrics on labour rights and human rights found to be self-reported by companies, with no input from supply chain workers at all.

Today, we proudly mark a decade of Electronics Watch! Founded on 19 February 2015, our organisation emerged from a three-year EU funded initiative, uniting seven NGOs with a shared vision: to harness the power of public procurement to protect workers' rights.

Samsung workers in Tamil Nadu secure union registration, in a key milestone for labour rights in India

We are pleased to welcome Adda (Sweden) as a new affiliated public body.

Electronics Watch is pleased to welcome Charles University as a new affiliate, the first in the Czech Republic.

The Mining Monitoring Guidance applies the guiding principles of our Worker-Driven Monitoring Methodology to the specifics of mining, including the work environment and key safety features.

On November 6-7, 2024, Electronics Watch hosted its sixth Annual Conference in Brussels, Belgium. The conference brought together 118 participants from 75 organisations across 27 countries. Discussions explored stakeholder collaboration within the context of human rights due diligence with a focus on protecting the rights of workers.

One of Electronics Watch's strategic goals is for workers to exercise their right to organise and access remedy. Affiliated public buyers use their leverage to promote freedom of association and collective bargaining in their supply chains. This includes enabling access for trade unions to organise and represent workers collectively, and address union busting.