LUPC pay an annual subscription to affiliate all full members of LUPC to Electronics Watch.

Electronics Watch is an independent monitoring organisation supporting public sector organisations to collaborate and work towards the protection of workers in global electronics supply chains.  Membership includes access to guidance, resources and contract clauses that support responsible procurement. To understand how best to implement the expertise and support that Electronics Watch offers its affiliates, please contact Peter on ppawlicki@electronics.org.

All full LUPC members can access the affiliates section of the Electronics Watch website. If you don’t already have login details, please email Martina Hooper at mhooper@electronicswatch.org

Affiliates can access the following:

• Various Monitoring reports, worker rights complaints and case studies
• Public Buyer Toolkit
• Affiliate Action Guide
• The Monthly Affiliate Update, which provides an overview of Electronics Watch activities.  Please email Martina Hooper on mhooper@elecronicswatch.org to sign up
• Procurement Tools
• Company Performance Tracker (CPT)
• Electronics Watch Annual Report
• Introductory webinar for new affiliates. The webinar explains the Electronics Watch impact model and provides guidance on how to integrate this model within your organisation. Please email Peter Pawlicki on ppawlicki@electronicswatch.org for more information.
• LinkedIn private group for Electronics Watch affiliates to access resources and tools.
• Other guidance created specific for public buyers such as their latest How to Protect Workers form Chemical Hazards in Electronics Supply Chains

Electronics Watch works in the following way on behalf of the affiliates:

• Provides the Affiliate Product Form to affiliates to report on the product models they have procured in the last 12 months.
• Supports affiliates with the Factoryhttps://electronicswatch.org/en/tools-in-the-public-buyer-toolkit_2543572 Disclosure Form in the process of factory disclosures to obtain the names and addresses of factories where consortia members’ product models and key components are produced.
• Carries out compliance investigations, update reports and produces guidance to help inform affiliate’s engagement with suppliers based on Electronics Watch monitoring findings.
• Conducts on-going risk screening through the network of monitoring partners in major electronics production regions, using both in-person and remote monitoring methods. Electronics Watch monitors will be alerted to the factories and products of particular focus for each of our affiliates.
• Carries out on-going factory investigations and remediation activities based on multiple data sources and methodologies. The remediation process includes on-going engagement with multiple electronics brands and companies.
• Undertakes regional Risk Assessments and produces a risk assessment tool for China, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other regions of production.
• Creates platforms for collaboration with other affiliates, monitoring partners, and ICT companies to address core systemic industry issues.

To take full advantage of the Electronics Watch model, LUPC members should ensure that their award decision process and call-off contract paperwork includes a requirement for the appointed supplier to complete the Factory Disclosure Form in a reasonable period of time as part of the ongoing activity to identify centres of production applicable to the intended product models being procured down to key component level. This requirement is enshrined in the Electronics Watch Contract Conditions, which are included within several national ICT framework agreements. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Kilner on m.kilner@lupc.ac.uk.