Electronics and Manufacturing

Part II: The industry issues report (1200-1800 words excluding exhibits) - make an appointment with KCBC in advance to review your team’s draft. This part of the project consists of generating a list of the major social and environmental issues that a company in this industry must be aware of. The following information should be included: • Identify and describe FIVE significant social and environmental issues relevant to your industry. Sources for this information include: ---- (we can each look into these four sources and come up with one significant role, and maybe someone can offer to do two because we need 5) o Current media (Maddie) o Industry white papers on Bloomberg (Stefani) o MSCI ESG database (Haojie) o CSR, Corporate Citizenship, and/or Sustainability reports and web pages of the major (Samantha) participants in your industry. ? Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability factor heavily into Electronics manufacturing and the buying of manufactured electronics. Companies involves ? General Electric http://www.gesustainability.com/ ? Kimball Electronics http://www.kimballelectronics.com/news/2013/csr-its-who-we-are ? Apple http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/ ? TE connectivity http://www.te.com/usa-en/about-te/corporate-responsibility.html ? Ford http://www.ford.co.uk/experience-ford/AboutFord/CorporateSocialResponsibility