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 is pleased to announce that the University of Bonn has joined our network of affiliates, furthering their commitment to sustainable and ethical supply chains. A certified Fairtrade University since 2020, they have been at the forefront of fostering a culture of sustainability through initiatives like the Bonn Program for Sustainable Transformation.

Electronics Watch has submitted a statement on toxics in the electronics industry, based on evidence gathered through worker-driven monitoring and extensive expert consultations

We talk to three team members at the Flemish Agency for Facility Operations (Het Facilitair Bedrijf) in the latest installment in our "Meet our Affiliates" series. Find out more about their socially responsible public procurement goals, how affiliation to Electronics Watch is helping to meet those goals, as well as looking as some of their challenges and achievements along the way.

A team from Electronics Watch visited Malaysia in late January 2024 to meet migrant workers and learn more about the workplace issues they are facing, including union busting, recruitment fees, low wages and poor health and safety. Engaging local trade union representatives was another goal of the trip, to look at how we can combine efforts to tackle rights violations and prevent harm to workers.

Over the next five years, this Strategic Plan will guide us and our partners to defend the human rights of workers in global supply chains, to support a just transition and to counter authoritarianism with workplace democracy.

Learn more about the work of Electronics Watch monitoring partners in production regions, and how they support workers in attaining their rights. In this first interview in a new series, we talk to Linda Szabó, co-founder of Periféria Policy and Research Center in Hungary.

NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) has become the first National Health Service procurement collaborative in the UK to affiliate to Electronics Watch on behalf of its core members.

Electronics Watch will be carrying out a project for the Government of Canada entitled ICT hardware products supply chain monitoring for risk mitigation of human trafficking, forced labour and child labour.

In the second installment in Electronics Watch's "Meet our Affiliates" series, we showcase another of our 1,500 affiliates and shine a light on the key people implementing responsible procurement.