Vivo
Consumer electronics
Founded in 2009, today they are one of the world's top 10 smartphone makers. Spun off from parent company BBK Electronics in 2023.

Overall

Owned CHN
Rating F
About the Ratings
Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
CHN

Company Assessment

(Last updated Jan 2023)
Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Criticism
8.56% for supply chain practices in China
The Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI) evaluates consumer-facing companies that have a sizeable supply chain in China. The evaluation uses government supervision data and public information to assess the environmental management of their supply chains in China. This company received a score of 8.56/100 (retrieved 24 Nov 2023).
Source: IPE (2023)
Forced labour in China
The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors, including brands owned by this company. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's 2020 report estimates (somewhat conservatively) that more than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of Xinjiang to work in factories across China between 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent directly from detention camps.
Source: ASPI (2020)
Workers rights in China
A 2023 report by China Labor Watch investigated labour conditions in China's consumer electronics sector using three stages of research: analysis of social media posts, case studies through online research, and in-person factory investigation. Labour abuses in factories supplying this company were identified in multiple social media posts. Labour abuses include excessive working hours, wage theft and wage arrear, poor living conditions, high labour intensity, workplace bullying and verbal abuse, inadequate ppe and exposure to health hazards.
Information
F in Guide to Greener Electronics
This company received a grade of F in the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics (Oct 2017), which assesses companies from the electronics industry across three impact areas: energy use, resource consumption, and chemical elimination. Of the 17 companies ranked, this company came second last. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
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Company Details

Type:
Private company
Founded:
2009
Employees:
15,000 (2024)

Contact Details

Address:
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Website:
www.vivo.com/en/

Products / Brands

Vivo
Vivo Smartphones