Apple is famously tight-lipped about almost everything relating to its actual business processes. Today it's shifted the veil slightly, and has released a frank list of issues it has discovered during an audit of its Eastern suppliers. READ»
The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers' factories are treated, but what's less known is those same factories' incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may ...READ»
Almost every car company in the world relies on Renesas computer chips for its electronics. Unfortunately, a factory where Renesas chips are made is in Naka, Japan. Devastated by the March earthquake, the factory had to get quickly back into chips.READ»
Most of us assume that packaging protects the stuff we buy from people and their grubby paws. Boy, are we wrong. As a series of photographs by New York- and L.A.-based Lorena Turner shows, even our most meticulously packaged goods ...READ»
Despite an overall trend towards seeing sustainability as an opportunity for value creation and business success, there are major differences in perceptions of sustainability between CEOs in different industry sectors, as well as gaps in the level of integration of sustainability achieved in their companies. READ»
A group of 36 Chinese environmental groups accused the computer manufacturer this week of ignoring concerns about pollution and health issues in its Chinese factories.READ»
In the 2007 sci-fi movie "Transformers," a toaster sprung into life from the allspark. Now imagine a world in which each individual thing--whether it be a bottle of pills, a pair of jeans, a package of filet mignon, or an automobile component--could have a sense of identity. Get ready. They're coming.READ»
Apple analysts on Wall Street are under increased SEC scrutiny for insider trading, centered on the "normal" habit of channel checks--working out what Apple may be up to by speaking to its suppliers. Is this unfair? Or are the analysts really cheating?READ»
Your cell phone could be promoting child warfare. Your laptop
could be a product of illegal trade. Your MP3 player could be linked to human
rights abuse. Some of the materials used to produce ...READ»
Learn how radio frequency identification (RFID) is changing the user experience at theme parks and resorts by seamlessly integrating 21st Century Technology. It's what we saw in movies when we were kids!READ»
When Walmart announced last year that it planned to investigate its 100,000-plus suppliers with a Sustainability Index, the idea was hailed as revolutionary, if not a bit overly idealistic. But now IBM is following Walmart's lead by ...READ»
Liam Casey runs PCH, a supply chain management company in Shenzhen, China. We visited him recently to understand how China's manufacturing capabilities are changing and also how consumer electronics are made, marketed, and delivered ...READ»
Walmart continues to impress us with its sustainable initiatives--just take a look at our slideshow listing 11 ways that the company is changing retail for good. The retail behemoth's latest innovation is a big one: a plan to cut 20 ...READ»
Apple upset shareholders last month when it refused to create a comprehensive sustainability report, but the company has earned back some of its green points with its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report (PDF) detailing ...READ»
