SPHS writes that the report, a case study on the engagement between the Swedish County Councils and the Dell Computer Corporation, "left a deep imprint due to its alignment with our objective to improve environmental health and well-being, through initiatives to support sustainability and greening of the global health sector."  In the first half of 2016 more than 3.7 million people learned about good practices through the online platform.

The engagement between the Swedish County Councils and Dell began in early 2014 after the Danish NGO, DanWatch, released a report on labour rights and safety violations in four electronics factories in China, which supply a range of electronics brands, including Dell. Key impacts of the engagement include improved supply chain transparency and increased capacity of Dell and its reseller to manage their supply chains responsibly.  In addition, new compliance conditions require the contractor (the reseller) to work with Dell to improve risk assessments and ensure better access to audit reports and corrective action plans and to address root causes of overtime and other violations. In its report, Electronics Watch highlights a number of lessons of the engagement, including the importance of:

• Enforceable contract conditions to ensure effective human rights due diligence;
• A broad collaboration and coordination among public sector buyers to increase leverage for engagement and achieve results in a timely manner;
• Engaging with contractors and electronics brands over time to address root causes of persistent violations; and,
• Worker-driven monitoring to identify adverse human rights impacts in electronics supply chains, ensure adequate remedies, and evaluate outcomes of human rights due diligence processes.

The report is also available through the Swedish County Council Network for Social Responsibility in Public Procurement and from the Electronics Watch website.