The International Campaign for Responsible Technology
(I.C.R.T.)
Connecting activists and organizations around the world to hold the electronics industry accountable
ICRT’s Mission Statement
We are an international solidarity network that promotes corporate and government accountability in the global electronics industry. We are united by our concern for the lifecycle impacts of this industry on health, the environment and workers' rights. By sharing resources, we seek to build the capacity of grassroots organizations, local communities, workers and consumers to achieve social, environmental and economic justice.
Mirroring the Global Expansion of the Electronics Industry
Analogous to the global expansion of the high-tech industry, ICRT began in the Silicon Valley and then linked with other regions of the world suffering the environmental consequences of high-tech development. By connecting organizations, workers, academics and activists who are confronting these impacts globally, we have established an international exchange and support network to hold the industry and governments accountable to its host communities. Together, we use best practices to improve health and safety and reduce environmental impacts.
Twenty Years of Activism has Shifted the Industry
A united and coordinated campaign by environmentalists, communities and workers has begun to shift the high-tech industry toward clean production and sustainable development. Almost 20 years of activism has expanded the awareness of the high-tech toxic legacy and has forced industry to abandon the use of some dangerous chemicals.
A Global Industry Requires Global Solutions
The rapid changes and global growth of high-tech pose new challenges and require international strategic solutions. We have identified the key countries where high-tech development is booming and have been reaching out to community, environmental, consumer and labor organizations in those countries.
ICRT Ally Organizations:
Asia Monitor Resource Centre
URL: http://www.amrc.org.hk/
Email: admin@amrc.org.hk
Basel Action Network
URL: http://www.ban.org/
Email: inform@ban.org
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
URL: http://www.cafod.org.uk/
Email: cafod@cafod.org.uk
CEREALGuadalajara/Fomento Cultural y Educativo
URL: http://www.sjsocial.org/fomento/
Clean Production Action
URL: http://www.cleanproduction.org/
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
URL: http://somo.nl/
Email: info@somo.nl
Environmental Health Coalition
URL: http://www.environmentalhealth.org/
Email: ehc@environmentalhealth.org
Greenpeace International
URL: www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics
Email: supporter.services@int.greenpeace.org
International Campaign for Responsible Technology
URL: www.svtc.org/
Email: svtc@svtc.org
International Metalworkers’ Federation
URL: http://www.imfmetal.org/
Email: info@imfmetal.org
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
URL: http://www.sustainableproduction.org/
Email: lcsp@uml.edu
People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources (PODER)
URL: http://www.poder-texas.org/
Email: poder@austin.rr.com
PHASE Two
Email: iaerc@gconnect.com
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign
URL: http://www.svtc.org/
URL: http://www.computertakeback.com/
Email: svtc@svtc.org
SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP)
URL: http://www.swop.net/
SW Network for Env. and Econ. Justice
URL: www.sneej.org/
Email: info@sneej.org
Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries (TAVOI)
URL: http://www.hurt.org.tw/
Email: occupaku@ms15.hinet.net
Taiwan Environmental Action Network
URL: www.iepanet.org/index2.php
Email: tean@iepanet.org
Texas Campaign for the Environment
URL: http://www.texasenvironment.org/
Email: robin@texasenvironment.org
Thai Labour Campaign
URL: http://www.thailabour.org/
Email: campaign@thailabour.org
Toxics Link
URL: http://www.toxicslink.org/
Email: tldelhi@toxicslink.org
Worksafe! A California Coalition
URL: http://www.worksafe.org/
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