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Business and conflict
22 June 2022

Companies impact women´s rights and social conflict in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Liberia and Sierra Leone have identified economic growth, sustainable management of natural resources...
Call to action
NATURAL RUBBER
23 February 2021

Firestone Liberia and Bridgestone Corporation Must Investigate Pollution Claims

Natural rubber is used in many products from car tyres to clothes. Its processing provides livelihoods...
Call to action
WEBINAR - MAKE ICT FAIR
29 January 2021

Promoting responsible sourcing of minerals in ICT supply chains through public procurement

There are more than 60 metals in a typical smartphone. They are sourced all over the world and their e...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Interview with Electronics Worker

Interview with Diwatai* who has worked for 20 years in electronics manufacturing in a special economic...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Interview with UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights

As part of the report Hazardous chemicals in ICT manufacturing and the impacts on female workers in th...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Electronics Watch Comment

21 January 2021 Electronics Watch´s comment on Swedwatch's report Hazardous chemicals in ICT manufa...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Electronics brands must protect workers from hazardous chemicals in the Philippines

Results from a new Swedwatch survey indicate shortcomings in the human rights processes of leading sma...
Call to action
MAKE ICT FAIR
14 December 2020

Swedwatch webinar on public procurement and minerals in electronics

Swedwatch Webinar: Public procurement and minerals in electronics - Safeguarding human rights due dili...
Call to action
Export credits
23 September 2020

New report calls for end to export credits to coal

The coal industry is well-known for its serious climate implications and effects on local communities....
Call to action
MAKE ICT FAIR
26 June 2020

ICT workers should not be exposed to hazardous chemicals

As electronics manufacturing has been widely outsourced to Asia in recent decades, so has exposure to...
Call to action
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
10 June 2020

Mining machinery sales in Myanmar may be aggravating human rights abuses

Major mining machinery suppliers still appear to lack adequate safeguards in their sales, two years af...
Call to action
International Women's Day
06 March 2020

“I started getting death threats and rape threats.”

Swedwatch works with women human rights defenders challenging irresponsible business operations and ri...
Call to action
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