I.C.R.T.
The International Campaign for Responsible Technology

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 concernfor 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

The stories of ICRT and many other groups like it are told in the new book, Challenging the Chip

Analogous to the global expansion of the hi-tech industry, ICRT began in the Silicon Valley and then linked with other regions of the world suffering the environmental consequences of hi-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 hi-tech industry toward clean production and sustainable development. Almost 20 years of activism has expanded the awareness of the hi-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 hi-tech pose new challenges and require international strategic solutions. We have identified the key countries where hi-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/
E-mail: admin@amrc.org.hk

Basel Action Network
URL: http://www.ban.org/
E-mail: inform@ban.org

Catholic Agency for OverseasDevelopment (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/
E-mail: ehc@environmentalhealth.org

Greenpeace International
URL: www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics
Email: supporter.services@int.greenpeace.org

International Metalworkers’ Federation
URL: http://www.imfmetal.org/
E-mail: info@imfmetal.org

Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
URL: http://www.sustainableproduction.org/
E-mail: lcsp@uml.edu

People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources (PODER)
URL: http://www.poder-texas.org/
E-mail: poder@austin.rr.com

PHASE Two
E-mail: iaerc@gconnect.com

Silicon ValleyElectronics TakeBack Campaign
URL: http://www.computertakeback.com/ 

SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP)
URL: http://www.swop.net/

SW Network for Env. and Econ. Justice
URL: www.sneej.org/  E-mail: info@sneej.org

Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries (TAVOI)
URL: http://www.hurt.org.tw/ 
E-mail: occupaku@ms15.hinet.net

Taiwan Environmental Action Network
URL: www.iepanet.org/index2.php         
E-mail: tean@iepanet.org

Texas Campaign for the Environment
URL: http://www.texasenvironment.org/ 
E-mail: robin@texasenvironment.org

Thai Labour Campaign
URL: http://www.thailabour.org/ 
E-mail: campaign@thailabour.org

Toxics Link
URL: http://www.toxicslink.org/ 
E-mail: tldelhi@toxicslink.org