Apple treat their Chinese suppliers attitude towards the problem of pollution is happening subtle change.
According to the NGO organization public environmental research center director ma jun introduction, San Francisco on October 31, local time at 1 to 6, he and the natural resources defense council (NRDC) global environmental health project director Linda Greer, as the representative of the environmental protection organization, and from apple operation, the government affairs, managing director of the China supply chain department specialized in San Francisco apple headquarters for up to five hours of negotiations, and with "high decibels" argument.
Yesterday, ma San Francisco Business Social Responsibility international association (Business for Social Responsibility, BSR) annual meeting, also published the theme of environmental challenges and information public speeches. On that day, the morning paper reporter he said in an interview with the phone, "said the apple information to us, both on initial results were compared, the straightforward communication in big in principle, the place is approaching the apple would like to take measures to improve, the next step is to consider further, but the disclosure of the details have yet to be further to communicate."
BSR was founded in 1992, is the social responsibility of the enterprise field scale is biggest, the highest degree in international institutions of professional one.
And ever different, make most ma jun's surprise, the apple to strengthen transparency of the mentioned iPhone supply chain. And in the past DuoCi diplomacy, the company will "not to disclose supplier" as a kind of traditional. Ma jun said, such a big company turned not easy, worth going to encourage. Now the point is, the requirements for protection of the supply chain in apple, how to strengthen transparency. Apple's "positive change"
Apple's attitude that negotiations were to let ma benign direction.
Before this, January 20,, friends of the nature, the public environmental research center and of darfur q issued jointly by the apples on the other side of the "report, this paper reveals the apple in China of the pollution of the existing supply chain and poison. However, apple does not respond to the supply chain to insist on a series of environment question of violate compasses problem. After the August 31, friends of the nature, the public environmental research center and other environmental protection organization jointly issued the entitled "the apples on the other side of the 2: pollution in the cover-up spread" report against. Two investigations, environmental groups found up to 27 home suspected apple supplier appeared environmental problems.
From a completely ignored, to start and ma jun, etc and environmental protection organization contact, apple's attitude began to change. However, ma said that in the past several months, ma and apple though the echo communication, but every time apple all called for him to speak a word only media summary.
Because of this, the three times in September meeting finally presented to the public information, is a "diplomatic language"-September 14,, ma and apple the representative of China in Beijing for the first meeting of "the two sides agreed to set up a flat stage"; 16 days, both parties on a conference call, "willing to promote environmental improvement efforts"; 25,, and the United States is responsible for the management of the supply chain apple manager meeting in San Francisco, "both sides on specific problems in the technical exchange. Do"
And this time apple didn't go to adhere to such a way. Ma jun think it means that apple began to practice a new kind of thinking method.
According to ma jun introduction, the talks can, cannot leave the United States environmental protection organization NRDC boost. It is reported, NRDC the more as an international environmental protection organization is from the United States to promote and apple's headquarters negotiations. This year's September 13, with its President NRDC had Francis worship in the name of the woman to jelinek apple sent a letter to the President, asked him to not only from the public response to this thing, but also for future makes a concrete action. For example and strong apple supplier management, improve the supply chain policy to the environment and health issues such as mentioned as important as the height of the problem of superior similar appeals. Since then, apple also have the initiative to call NRDC global environmental health kang project director Linda Greer make some response, in the middle of October is set to begin around a by apple, NRDC and public environmental research center in three party conference.
According to the NRDC China project introduction, Linda engaged in the study of poisonous chemicals pollutants than 30 years, although intervention and apple's negotiation is first, but in the supply chain research quite have the accumulation. The textile industry in China because of the NRDC green supply chain project has DuoNian, Linda DuoCi come to China every year.
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