http://procureitfair.org daily 1 2009-01-08T09:44:00Z http://procureitfair.org/news-en/procure-it-fair-letter-to-dg-internal-market-and-services In this lobby letter to mr M. Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Procure IT Fair highlights the points that the organisations that participate in this campaign would like to contribute to the guide "Buying social" that the European Commission is currently developing on guide institutions how to introduce socially-responsible public procurement. No publisher virginia 2010-07-09T12:45:01Z News Item http://procureitfair.org/news-en/social-responsibility-in-the-procurement-of-computers-online-petition-by-procure-it-fair Today, Procure IT Fair launches an online petition urging European universities and polytechnics to include social criteria into their procurement processes and to endorse a resolution ensuring social responsibility in the procurement of computers at their institutions. No publisher pauline 2010-06-30T08:56:23Z News Item http://procureitfair.org/news-en/procure-it-fair-endorses-statement-goodelectronics-and-makeitfair-regarding-foxconn-suicide-wave Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has seen a wave of suicides among employees of its Longhua plants over the past months. Procure IT Fair endorses the GoodElectronics and makeITfair statement severely criticising this situation and calling upon Foxconn and its buyers to investigate and address the root causes of the suicides. No publisher virginia 2010-06-14T19:39:17Z News Item http://procureitfair.org/news-en/press-release-suicide-series-at-foxconn-in-german In its German press release WEED protests against labour conditions at IT supplier Foxconn. While the company is making more than 1,7 billion US dollars of profit, already 11 employees have attempted to commit suicide. No publisher virginia 2010-06-14T19:39:14Z News Item http://procureitfair.org/add-news/procure-it-fair-round-table-meeting-amsterdam-march-31-2010-1 Procure IT Fair will hold its next round table meeting in Amsterdam on March 31, 2010. The meeting will focus on best practice examples of sustainable IT procurement throughout Europe, and will deal with the role of resellers in implementing social criteria. No publisher tim 2010-03-09T10:53:40Z News Item