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The end of April, Apple will work with a non-profit environmental organizations - Public Environmental Research Center (IPE), a manufacturer of printed circuit boards for apple production, the joint supervisory review. This is the supplier of factory pollution control since last year, Apple and IPE discussion on topics such as environmental pollution, the two sides for the first time joined hands to check the situation.
The Wall Street Journal quoted the IPE one manager as saying that Apple plans to carry out these checks in the next few weeks, and then will announce the inspection results. She also said that the organization also launched other Apple suppliers in the future audits, but whether this need will depend on the actions of Apple and its suppliers.
IPE, deputy director, Jing-Jing Wang, on the 16th to the Post reporter, said that the enterprise is a list of previously announced China Water Pollution Map, in order to remove from the list, Apple and the companies offered to accept supervision and review.
It is understood that the so-called joint supervisory review was referred to as third-party audit. In the past six years, IPE has carried out 100 times in the third-party audit and file review, examined the objects are removed from the list of pollution. The review is usually carried out by a third party audit institutions, similar to the IPE and other non-profit organization (NGO) to oversee. Jing-Jing Wang said that the audit, including past violations records changes to the environmental management system is perfect, and the ability of the waste gas treatment facilities such as the adequacy of
"Third-party audit agency will issue a report, statement of pollution without improvement and whether or not a new discovery. Final report will be publicly After discounting a number of commercially sensitive, recognized by 41 environmental organizations, the survey will ( from the list) to withdraw. "Jing-Jing Wang said.
It is worth noting that Apple and IPE after a lengthy dialogue. IPE in 2010 had released a report that 29 suppliers in China there is a hazardous waste cause pollution, harm to human health problems. Among them, Apple is the only one not to respond to the report business, adding that suppliers and internal audit is confidential. Until last year, the IPE has released a second report, Apple's attitude began to change, to start a dialogue between the two sides, the IPE, Ma Jun, director, by the end of October last year at Apple's headquarters in the United States for over five hours of talks.
Jing-Jing Wang believes that this is a very positive change. Ma Jun, an Apple vice president has said that the need for transparency, "I think that when they decided to change some ways of doing things."
Apple's recent troubled by the suspicion of manipulation of the e-book price was U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute its stock price continued to decline in April 11 -13, 2009, just three days, $ 36.1 billion market value evaporated. U.S. time at 11:38 on the 16th, Apple's stock price at $ 587.54, down 2.99 percent.
Another meaning is on the 16th Foxconn International (02038.HK) shares tumbled 6.262%, to close at HK $ 4.79, although there is no evidence that the companies surveyed belong to Foxconn, but as Apple's contract manufacturers in China, Foxconn labor rights has been criticized by outsiders.
In March, Apple has publicly supported the report released by the U.S. Fair Labor Association (FLA), the report recommended three Foxconn factory should improve working conditions.
Also in the 16th, the Goldman Environmental Foundation announced the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize winners list, Ma Jun, the list for the right reasons in the Chinese disclosure of environmental information and the efforts made to promote enterprises to reduce pollution emissions . Prize winner of the Goldman Environmental Protection, 23-year-old human habitation on six continents grassroots environmental heroes, the greatest amount of awards for non-governmental environmental movement.
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