It said that it conducts rigorous audits on its supply chain and any supplier found hiring underage workers is forced to:<\/p>\n
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- fund the worker’s safe return home<\/li>\n
- finance the worker’s education at a school chosen by the worker or his\/her family<\/li>\n
- continue to pay the worker’s wages<\/li>\n
- offer him or her a job when he or she reaches legal age to work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
On cobalt specifically it added: “We are currently evaluating dozens of different materials, including cobalt, in order to identify labour and environmental risks as well as opportunities for Apple to bring about effective, scalable and sustainable change.”<\/p>\n
Samsung said that it had a “zero tolerance policy” towards child labour and that, it too, conducted regular and rigorous audits of its supply chain.<\/p>\n
“If a violation of child labour is found, contracts with suppliers who use child labour will be immediately terminated,” it said.<\/p>\n
Sony commented: “We are working with the suppliers to address issues related to human rights and labour conditions at the production sites, as well as in the procurement of minerals and other raw materials.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Human rights organisation Amnesty has accused Apple, Samsung and Sony, among others, of failing to do basic checks to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined by children. \u00a0In a report into cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading