Recently we reported on 34 Chinese NGOs writing to 29 multinational IT companies regarding companies in the supply chain who are found to be in violation of environmental regulations in China. These letters cited specific suppliers to these IT companies and their specific environmental violations according to Chinese government reports. In these letters, we requested that the IT companies, including Apple, IBM and Sony, to verify the information and commit to actions to address these violations.

Among the 29 companies, eight have chosen not to respond. Pacific Environment tried to contact two U.S. companies that did not respond: Apple and IBM. Both have responded without addressing the key questions and concerns raised in the letters.

On June 5^th, these NGOs published a second report regarding the status of these companies’ response. Read the report (English) here and stay tuned for further updates from us.

You can also get updates through our Twitter page here: http://twitter.com/pacenvironment

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