Apple’s fierce battle with environmental groups
On the 16th of information, according to foreign media reports, Dahl asked, Friends of Nature, Friends of Science and Technology, Central Public Environmental Research Center five Chinese environmental organizations in China headquarters in Beijing, Apple and Apple sent representatives met face to face yesterday communication, discussion concern the Apple supply chain in China pollution problem.
Previously, five environmental groups released a report on Apple’s supply chain pollution has caused uproar at home and abroad, leading to the public on the Apple supply chain issues in question.
More than participate in this meeting representatives of environmental organizations in the talks said to the reporter that this Apple expressed some of the sincerity in the talks, but still in the information disclosure and environmental organizations on issues such as differences in the future Apple will continue to supply chain of supervision.
Apple also said the talks, is suspected of contamination of the 15 suppliers investigation.
Almost collapse, according to the fierce battle
Apple and environmental organizations 15 talks lasted three hours, during which the two sides clash occurred several times. Friends of science and technology involved in the talks, Li Li ring to reporters described the road, once the talks can not continue.
And environmental organizations from Apple headquarters in the talks the two representatives responsible for supplier management, but Apple’s demand was not disclosed their names and positions.
Apple representative on behalf of environmental organizations to Apple in the supplier social responsibility and progress on some of the regulations, then the two sides began on the core problem of pollution in China supplier dialogue.
Environmental organizations to Apple in talks to question, saying as many as a dozen suppliers and pollution problems, showing Apple in the supply chain there may be significant loopholes. During the talks, Apple acknowledged the existence of water pollution to determine their own standards for some out of date and other reasons, may lead to pollution problems, which led to environmental organizations whether Apple has the ability to handle the pollution challenge.
Apple’s fierce battle with the environmental NGO talks surveyed 15 suppliers
There are still differences between the two sides is that Apple still does not want to open their own supply chain information to accept public scrutiny. It emphasizes their ability to handle in-house pollution, but environmental groups said they have to reporters skeptical.
During the talks, Apple representatives explained to the environmental organizations, Apple’s involvement in the supply chain, “very deep”, that is not an Apple internal suppliers, second-tier suppliers such distinction, almost all of the raw material procurement by Apple’s own independent, that all raw material suppliers for Apple to apply the same environmental and labor standards.
Prior to this, many people think the outside world, Apple’s supplier because the supplier is not considered a direct supplier to Apple, Apple can avoid environmental regulation.
This time, Apple stressed the responsibility of their complete system supplier, the supplier if Apple violation of these provisions, then Apple will be mandatory for these suppliers for rectification. If these suppliers can not be in accordance with the requirements of the rectification Apple, then Apple will be suppliers of these “left Apple view” of the deal, or even cancel the order.
However, Apple representatives also acknowledged that because of the supply chain is too complicated, Apple still can not completely avoid its associated factories in China, the tragedy occurred. For example, Suzhou, build touch-screen technology suppliers poisoning of workers. Apple representatives, Apple has been asked not to use the touch screen facility toxic substances “hexane”, the ventilation is poor, build science and technology workers has led to poisoning. And environmental organizations are not satisfied with this explanation.
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