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Apple supplier shows 95% overtime compliance in March 2012
Apple maintains a supplier responsibly report on its website and recently added some new statistics that show overtime working conditions are improving in its factories. Noticed by The Next Web, Apple is now seeing 95 percent compliance with its 60-hour work week requirement. This is up from 89 p...
Tim Cook Responds To 'Offensive' Claims About Factory Worker Mistreatment
Following alengthyNew York Times report published earlier this week, detailing the harsh reality behind the mistreatment of Chinese factory workers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to his staff with an email that brands the report “patently false and offensive.” Cook revealed he is ...
The human cost of manufacturing the iPhone, iPad, and other electronics in China
The New York Times is reporting on the human cost of manufacturing iPhones, iPads, and other electronics in China. While Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Toshiba and others are also mentioned, Apple gets most of the focus, no doubt because they have the highest profile. The ...
Apple Sheds (Some) Light On Suppliers and Their Working Conditions
In a surprise turn of events, Apple has revealed its list of 156 suppliers along with its annual 2012 Supplier Responsibility report, an annual report compiled from internal audits of all of Apple’s suppliers. Alongside Foxconn, which manufacturers products such as the iPhone, iPad and Mac-...
CEO Tim Cook follows up supplier responsibility report with email to Apple employees
MacGenerations claims to have gotten their hands on an email to Apple employees, purportedly from CEO Tim Cook, which follows up the supplier responsibility report issued earlier today. It reads, in part: Finding and correcting problems is not enough. Our team has built an ambitious training pr...
Apple lists suppliers, highlights audits in 2012 Supplier Responsibility Report
Updated. Apple released its latest Supplier Responsibility Progress Report on Friday, detailing efforts it made during 2011 to improve conditions at its supplier facilities, and to make sure its standards for labor, health and safety, and impact on the environment were being met. Here are some hi...
Apple posts Supplier Responsibility progress report
Apple has just posted their annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report aims to help improve worker protections and factory conditions as well as show audit information for the year. The report outlines how their audit procedure is performed as well as shows results for audits in ...
Apple makes plans to address supplier environmental concerns
Apple this year jumped up five spots in Greenpeace’s green gadget rankings, but it has still come under fire in recent months for the environmental impact of its key component suppliers in China. Now, reports say it will look into its supplier operations using third-party auditing services,...
