Electronics Watch, the independent monitoring organisation which aims to help public sector organisations work together to meet their responsibility to protect the labour rights and safety of workers in global electronics supply chains, published their Annual Report last week. You can access the report here. It sets out the positive impact that responsible procurement in the public sector can have, particularly during a year when global supply chains were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report covers the following topics:

• Monitoring public buyer supply chains
• Demanding remedy for forced labour
• Listening to workers during the pandemic
• Protecting workers’ health and safety
• Strengthening Electronic Watch’s impact model
• Electronic Watch’s EU project helps “make ICT fair”
• Financial development