Apple moves towards supplier transparency

In a positive step this week to address alleged complicity in a long string of human rights violations in its supply chain, Apple - for the first time - disclosed the names of most of the suppliers in its supply chain.

Whatever the reason for the disclosure, the fact remains that Apple is several years late. In the apparel sector, such disclosures have been common practice for some years now with Nike being the first to make a full disclosure of suppliers in 2005, followed by Levi Strauss, Gap and others. Hewlett-Packard disclosed their supplier list with their 2007 Sustainability Report

Elaine Cohen, CSRwire

Despite the time it’s taken Apple to make this move…better late than never, we think.

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