Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment
Global Supply Chain
Mission: To move corporations in a systemic and systematic way to improve wages and working conditions within all elements of the global supply chain.
Global Supply Chain issues & companies include:
- Environmentally & socially responsible global supply chain: Walmart
- Global food supply chain: Archer Daniels Midland, ConAgra
- Farm Worker Rights: Kroger (link to resolution in 2012 updates)
- Child Labor: Hershey, Kraft
- Human Trafficking: tourism & travel industry; forced labor in supply chain
The California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, the first legislation of its kind in the US, took effect on January 1, 2012. It requires manufacturers and retailers with global gross receipts exceeding $100 million doing business in California to disclose on their corporate websites their efforts to eliminate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains. It is expected to affect more than 3,000 companies worldwide.
If Your Cell Phone Could Talk
What would it say about the minerals that make it work? In the Democratic Republic of Congo, miners, including children, are forced to work through the use of rape and violence. The reason for the oppression: the extraction of conflict minerals (particularly tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold), essential in the manufacturing of our most common electronic devices. As cell phone owners, we have the opportunity to voice our concerns about the human impact of the metals used in our products.
Take Action!
Email your cellular service provider & tell them you want conflict free phones!
Seattle, WA 98115