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2011 EICC Annual Report

September 2012

The EICC's fourth annual report provides updates on: our auditing and assessment programs; capability building initiatives; a new working hours initiative; and programs focused on conflict minerals and environmental sustainability. Additionally, the report offers information on the 2011-2012 Code of Conduct Review process, provides information on the pilot year of our Membership Compliance Program, and discusses the governance of the organization, and includes an update on our organizational key performance indicators.

Download the 2011 Annual Report (English) (Español) (普通话)

 

   

Understanding Employee Health & Welfare Issues in China

June 2012

This report details the understanding the EICC gained through research and stakeholder engagement on employee health and welfare.

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A Practical Approach to Greening the Electronics Supply Chain, Year 3

May 2012

This report discusses the EICC's activities to broaden the Carbon and Water Reporting Initiative by expanding its focus on water reporting and providing aggregated analysis of the carbon data received from suppliers.

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2010 EICC Annual Report

September 2011

The EICC's third annual report introduces new programs in minerals extraction, capability building, and employee health and welfare and provides an update on their progress and performance on critical ongoing programs.

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A Practical Approach to Greening the Electronics Supply Chain
September 2011

This report discusses the EICC's activities to simplify and streamline the Carbon Reporting System, resulting in increased supplier awareness on measuring greenhouse gas emissions and water usage, an increased visibility for customers into supplier emissions, and a reduction in reporting redundancy.

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Electronics Supply Networks and Water Pollution in China

November 2010

Focusing on wastewater management, BSR analyzed a sample of China-based suppliers to EICC members. The assessment findings provide helpful information for EICC members, and also demonstrate the usefulness of an NGO’s public database as one tool in a comprehensive supplier evaluation and development program.

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A Practical Approach to Greening the Electronics Supply Chain

July 2010

This report reflects on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s efforts to increase transparency and focus on emissions reduction with respect to greenhouse gases (GHG) in the electronics industry.

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2009 EICC Annual Report

May 2010

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s second annual report offers an accounting of their programs and performance, and discusses their work in areas including the audit program, environmental sustainability, metals extraction, and stakeholder engagement.

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Tracing a Path Forward: A Study of the Challenges of the Supply Chain for Target Metals Used in Electronics

April 2010

This report, commissioned by Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and produced by RESOLVE, was designed to:

  • Assess the challenges and ability to create a transparency model by mapping the supply chain for tin (solder and solder paste), tantalum (capacitors and deposition targets), and cobalt (batteries and magnetic recording media) used in electronics
  • Assess suppliers’ use of codes of conduct addressing social, environmental, health, and labor issues
  • Identify the challenges of collecting this data and consider ways to enhance and maintain transparency of the supply chain

The EICC and GeSI are using the recommendations documented in this report to support current and future work in materials extraction.

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2008 EICC Annual Report

April 2009

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s first annual report discusses the background, objectives, and structure of the organization, and highlights key learnings and achievements made since the inception of the EICC in 2004.

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Pilot Summary Report: Building Capabilities to Implement CSR Management Systems at ICT Suppliers in China

July 2008

Drawing on the 2006/2007 research conducted by the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (see below report Corporate Social Responsibility in China’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector), four in-factory pilots were conducted focused on improving corporate social responsibility (CSR) management systems and related worker-management communications approaches while measuring the impacts, costs and benefits of each pilot.  This report documents the findings of those four pilot projects.

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Social and Environmental Responsibility in Metals Supply to the Electronic Industry

June 2008

This study, commissioned by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), was designed to help the EICC and GeSI to understand how aluminum, cobalt, copper, gold, palladium and tin are mined, recycled, purchased and where they are used in electronics products. The report’s author, GHGm, draws conclusions and recommendations on whether and how the members the EICC and GeSI can effectively influence social and environmental issues associated with production of metals used in electronic products.

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Corporate Social Responsibility in China’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector

July 2007

This report documents the Foreign Investment Advisory Service’s (FIAS) project to identify and test strategies and activities that could improve social and environmental conditions and also provide business benefits to the ICT supply chain. The report summarizes the research findings of the diagnostic assessment, the workshop and the recommended capability-building strategy.

This project was constructed as a multi-stakeholder initiative to be supported by the government, civil society, industry associations and customers. The partners that are working on this ICT project include FIAS (World Bank Group), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Shenzhen Electronics Industries Association, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI). Additional research and input were provided by a wider set of stakeholders including suppliers and NGOs, and leadership companies in other sectors.

Download the CSR in China’s ICT Sector Report (English)

Download the CSR in China’s ICT Sector Report (Chinese)

 

(Last Updated January 16, 2013)