Apple to employ trafficking survivors in efforts to eradicate slave labour
Thomson Reuters Foundation Apple will employ trafficking survivors to work in its retail stores, the technology giant said, after winning an international award for making details of its supply chains public in a bid to help end modern slavery. Since 2012 Apple says it has reduced the number of underage workers in its extended supply […]
Intel tops list of tech companies fighting forced labour
Thomson Reuters Foundation Intel Corp topped a list issued on Monday ranking how well technology companies combat the risk of forced labour in their supply chains, overtaking HP Inc and Apple Inc. Most of the top 40 global technology companies assessed in the study by KnowTheChain, an online resource for business, had made progress since […]
TRENDSPOTTER: VIRTUAL HELP (IN AND OUT OF THE HOME)
DAVID ADAMS looks at the trend for virtual assistants…