BSR Insight | Mitigating Water Pollution Risks in Electronics Supply Chains in China
BSR's new report, "Electronics Supply Networks and Water Pollution in China</a>" provides global electronics companies with context for China's water challenges, discusses results of a supplier risk assessment conducted on behalf of Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) member companies, and presents recommendations and resources for identifying water pollution risks in the global electronics supply chain.
For this research, BSR assessed the environmental performance of 640 electronics suppliers in China using the Institute of Public and Environmental Affair’s pollution map, an online database of publicly available records of environmental violations. Of the companies reviewed, 33 showed poor environmental performance. Detailed findings and analysis are available in the report, but highlights include:
- The majority of poor performers are clustered in the Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces, and the most common product identified is printed circuit boards.
- More than 20 percent of suppliers cited for environmental citations have had multiple violations.
- Pollution risks are shared across supply chains, with 30 percent of poor performers linked to multiple buyers.
For more information on water challenges in China, contact Laura Ediger.
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