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LCA of an Ecolabeled Notebook - GreenDeltaTC

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Subcategory Indicator Status<br />

conditions<br />

Local<br />

employment<br />

Community<br />

engagement<br />

Stakeholder group society:<br />

M<strong>an</strong>agement policies related<br />

to private security<br />

personnel<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> unemployment<br />

in the country/region<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> work force<br />

hired locally<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> spending on<br />

locally-based suppliers<br />

Presence <strong>of</strong> policies regarding<br />

community engagement<br />

at comp<strong>an</strong>y level<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> community<br />

engagement <strong>of</strong> the comp<strong>an</strong>y<br />

Annex<br />

low. However, <strong>an</strong> increase in industrial <strong>an</strong>d<br />

urb<strong>an</strong> regions was reported due to the economic<br />

crisis in 2009. 1517<br />

Global Peace Index: R<strong>an</strong>k 80 <strong>of</strong> 149 1518<br />

No information available.<br />

China has <strong>an</strong> estimated unemployment rate <strong>of</strong><br />

4.3% for urb<strong>an</strong> areas. It is assumed that the<br />

unemployment rates <strong>of</strong> rural regions are much<br />

higher. 1519<br />

In provinces <strong>of</strong> the industrialised east coast<br />

there is this year a lack <strong>of</strong> workers, because the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> migr<strong>an</strong>t workers declines. 1520<br />

Migr<strong>an</strong>t workers are <strong>an</strong> import<strong>an</strong>t part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

personnel <strong>of</strong> factories located at the east coast,<br />

also in the electronic sector. They make up to<br />

more th<strong>an</strong> 65% 1521 <strong>of</strong> the work force <strong>an</strong>d are<br />

primarily appointed as line workers.<br />

The percentage <strong>of</strong> migr<strong>an</strong>t workers is probably<br />

high. 1522<br />

No information available.<br />

No information available.<br />

No information available.<br />

Table 107: S-LCI table laptop assembly by comp<strong>an</strong>y x stakeholder society<br />

Subcategory Indicator Status<br />

Public<br />

commitments<br />

Presence <strong>of</strong> publicly available<br />

promises or agreements<br />

on sustainable issues<br />

None.<br />

1517 http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1089.html<br />

1518 www.vision<strong>of</strong>hum<strong>an</strong>ity.org/gpi-data/#/2010/scor<br />

1519 www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html<br />

1520 www.chinastakes.com/2010/3/the-v<strong>an</strong>ishing-chinese-migr<strong>an</strong>t-worker.html<br />

1521 SOMO/SwedWatch (2008), p. 24<br />

1522 Interview with worker<br />

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