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 According to Financial Times, Chinese environmental groups want Apple to improve pollution and health issues at factories building their products. They ranked Apple last in a list of 29 multinational companies in regards to how Apple responds to their inquires.

These Chinese environmental groups should be going after the factory owners instead of the multinational companies that buy the products. Apple does have a lot of leverage when working with its suppliers to improve workers conditions, but it should not be their job. If it is such a major concern, these groups should also be working with the government to help improve (government mandated) workers conditions. Without help from the government via laws, will these conditions really ever improve?

It looks like these groups are looking for attention. Putting Apple at the bottom of the list would give them the most attention. I doubt Apple is any better or worse than the rest of the companies. Apple should be responsible for providing specifications for the products they need to have produced and the types of sterile conditions they need to be created in, but they should not be responsible for determining working hours, wages, or other working conditions specific to the local market and culture.

You can read the rest of the Financial times article here.

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