It Big Companies How To Deal With Pollution Of The Question
On April 26 this year, the public Environment Research Center (IPE)
, Friends of Nature, and Dahl asked 34 civil environment NGO such as joint research report released, said they had sent a letter in the March 29 well-known IT companies to challenge the existence of its suppliers illegal emissions of heavy metals exceeding the hope that these companies and to respond to this concern.
Environmental NGO commercial enterprises on these suppliers to make judgments based on environmental violations since 2004, levels of environmental protection departments of China mainland China official channels open environment quality information, data and pollutant Paifang Gedi of standards and non-compliance records. When the report was released, led by the IPE these data have been collected more than 60,000.
IPE Ma Jun, head of recalls prompted a letter sent about a month of time, only 9 companies to respond to the environmental NGO.
June 5, 34 environmental NGO released a second research report, there are some enterprises have to get in touch with the environmental NGO. The second report was released after about two weeks, 29 well-known IT brands, including Apple, only six companies have not started on the environmental challenge to communicate directly with the NGO.
July 15, Apple has finally break the silence. Apple Supplier Responsibility Manager Bob Bainbridge sent messages to the IPE, for the first time on its supply chain enterprises in the environmental violations, to respond to excessive problems. In response, he denied the pollution and environmental organizations, the three issues mentioned in the supply of commercial enterprises Fu Electronics Co., Ltd. Dongguan years, Techwise Shirai (Fogang) circuit board Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Rong Feng the circuit board .
July 22, environmental NGO letter to Bob Bainbridge, drew Apple confirmed that Apple and the issue of supplier companies owned three other groups there is excessive non-compliance records of companies have supply relationships.
Environmental NGO this prompted Apple, according to their further investigation, found that the public, build material (China) Technology Co., Ltd., the other three environmental non-compliance records exist for the Apple company as part of the supply chain. Environmental NGO hopes that Apple be able to confirm whether they are suppliers for Apple, if Apple is aware of the environmental violation records? If you have to know whether the measures have been taken? Measures taken?
Environmental groups believe that the response from Apple's perspective, Apple could not confirm whether a supplier as part of Apple's supply chain.
Environmental NGO that Apple supply chain management is the secret operation, means that Apple themselves must take more steps to check the environmental performance of suppliers.
They also stressed on Apple, IT / electronics industry production chain, especially in the supply chain, involving the use and emissions of heavy metals, excessive emission, once illegal, is likely to pose a threat to the environment and communities. Therefore, IT brands to carry out the environmental management of the supply chain is extremely necessary.
Environmental NGO want Apple to answer whether it will consider the use of excessive government data breaches publicly strengthen the management of suppliers.
However, as of press time, the environmental NGO Apple have not yet received any response.
by: Frbiz
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