Apple releases its supplier responsibility progress report every year, and in this case the headline is quite forceful as in previous years: There is a respectful way to make products. And it starts by respecting the rights of those who make them.
Those from Cupertino have been changing and adapting their standards for some years to improve the quality of the raw materials of their products and directly on the workers of those companies that are so closely related to the firm. For some time now, the company of the bitten apple has gone implemented new standards to its suppliers to improve the working conditions of the employees of these companies and, incidentally, improve the efficiency and quality of those raw materials that Apple uses in its devices.
In this year 2016 Apple audited 21 vendors by surprise. Every audit is an opportunity to excel. They use audits to improve supplier performance and have developed a four-phase process that helps them comply with the Code of Conduct necessary to work with the brand.
Responsibility
- 640 audits involving more than 1,6 million workers
- Almost 140 first audits in our supply chain
- Suppliers audited in 25 countries
Human and worker rights
- Compliance with the maximum weekly schedule of 60 hours in 97% of cases
- Helps to reimburse foreign workers for 4,7 million dollars in abusive hiring fees
If you want to see the full report, all you have to do is access the Apple website and download the entire report from this link. report completed in a 33-page PDF headed by a letter from Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer. Since 2010, Jeff has overseen Apple's entire supply and service chain, as well as social responsibility initiatives that protect more than one million workers around the world. In the web section you will find all the information about Apple suppliers and their rights and obligations.