HTC scores 0 out of 18 at Rank a Brand: Empowering you to support socially responsible business

HTC Info

Brand Owner: HTC Corporation
Head Office: Taoyuan, Taiwan
Sector: Electronics & ICT Hardware
Categories: (Mobile) Phones
Free Tags: Cell, Mobile Phone, Telephone, GSM, Smartphone, Blackberry, Organizer, Telecommunication

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Last Updated: 26 May 2010
Last Verified: 26 May 2010

Questions about Carbon Emissions

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1. Does the brand (company) clearly support global mandatory cuts of carbon emissions of at least 50% by 2050 or 30% by industrialized countries by 2020?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) disclose its carbon footprint produced by its own operations and in the supply / production chain?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its ‘own operations’ carbon footprint by at least 20% by the year 2012?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already reduced its 'own operations' carbon footprint by at least 10% in the last 5 years?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
5. Do all new products of the brand meet the latest Energy Star requirements (where applicable)?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

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1. Has the brand (company) eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products? If not, does the brand give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) already eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates) in all of its new products? If not, does it give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates)in all of its new products?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) support the principle of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), meaning that brands are responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their own products, including take back and recycling?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) provide free and easy take back and recycling services for its discarded products in many of the countries where its products are sold?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) source at least 5% of its plastics from recycled plastic streams and does it give a clear timeline to increase this percentage to at least 25% by 2025?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/Human Rights

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1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	The HTC Code of Conduct solely rejects discrimination based on a variety of grounds. It does not include the other issues stated.	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	See remark question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does this CoC include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	See remark question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Not found on HTC website.	SOURCE