Vivo
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Smartphones
Founded in 2009, today they are one of the world's top 10 smartphone makers. Parent company BBK Electronics also owns Oppo and realme.
Company Ownership
Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd | CHN | website | ||||
BBK Electronic Corporation Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd |
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Consumer electronics Founded by Duan Yong Ping in 1995, the company researches, develops, produces and sells consumer electronics. It has 10 hectares of manufacturing factories, 3 brands of smartphones (OPPO, Vivo and OnePlus) and a new brand IMOO which includes a phone watch for tracking children and a smart phone aimed as the education market. In May 2017, it was the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world with its OPPO and Vivo brands. |
Company Assessment
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Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd | ||||
This company received a score of 0/100 (retrieved 10-Oct-2020) in the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), a system for evaluating supply chain practices in China, particularly in regards to environmental management and water pollution. Scores are calculated using government compliance data, online monitoring data, and third-party environmental audits, as well as trends in the environmental performance of factories in the company's supply chains.
Source: IPE (2020)
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) |
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]
Source: Greenpeace (2017) |
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Engineers from ifixit.com disassembled and analysed a range of smartphones, tablets and laptops, awarding each a repairability score between one and ten. Ten is the easiest to repair. A device with a perfect score will be relatively inexpensive to repair because it is easy to disassemble and has a service manual available. Points are docked based on the difficulty of opening the device, the types of fasteners found inside, and the complexity involved in replacing major components. Points are awarded for upgradability, use of non-proprietary tools for servicing, and component modularity. Smartphones released by this company between 2016 and 2018 scored between 5 and 7 points.
Source: iFixit (2020) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Contact Details
Address | Guangdong, China |
Website | www.vivo.com/en/ |
Products / Brands
Vivo
Vivo Smartphones |