Procure IT Fair
Procure IT Fair is a coalition of NGOs from various European countries that intend to raise awareness on the working conditions and environmental pollution in the production of computers and asks politicians and public purchasers to use their (buying) powers to demand compliance with international labour rights and ecological standards in the global supply chain of computers.
News
Blue Elephants - documentary about migrant workers in Malaysian electronics industry
11-11-2010
Procure IT Fair has launched the new documentary: Blue Elephants - migrant workers in the Malaysian electronics industry. "Blue Elephants" documents the dire labour conditions ofof an Indonesian and an Nepali migrant worker who are working for Malaysian contract manufacturers that supply big IT brand companies.
Speakers tour Procure IT Fair, 10-22 October 2010
23-08-2010
Sustainable procurement of IT hardware is one of the tools to improve working conditions, human rights and envrionmental protection in the global electronics supply chain. The European campaign Procure IT Fair has therefore invited, Pathma Krishnan from the Malaysian NGO Monitoring Sustainability of Globalization to travel throughout Germany, Spain and the Netherlands from 10 to 22 October 2010 and share her practical experience.
Buyers Guide now also in Spanish and Finnish
03-08-2010
The buyers guide produced by Procure IT Fair is now also published in Spanish and Finnish.
Procure IT Fair letter to DG Internal Market and Services
09-07-2010
In this lobby letter to mr M. Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Procure IT Fair highlights the points that the organisations that participate in this campaign would like to contribute to the guide "Buying social" that the European Commission is currently developing on guide institutions how to introduce socially-responsible public procurement.
Institutions of higher education in Europe to take up sustainable procurement of computers. Online petition by Procure IT Fair
22-06-2010
Today, Procure IT Fair launches an online petition urging European universities and polytechnics to include social criteria into their procurement processes and to endorse a resolution ensuring social responsibility in the procurement of computers at their institutions.
Procure IT Fair endorses statement GoodElectronics and makeITfair regarding Foxconn suicide wave
04-06-2010
Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has seen a wave of suicides among employees of its Longhua plants over the past months. Procure IT Fair endorses the GoodElectronics and makeITfair statement severely criticising this situation and calling upon Foxconn and its buyers to investigate and address the root causes of the suicides.
