2017年10月17日，EICC（電子行業(yè)公民聯(lián)盟）在網站宣布正式更名為Responsible Business Alliance（RBA），以體現其擴大的范圍和影響力。
Oct.17, 2017 The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofitcoalition of leading companies dedicated to improving social, environmental andethical conditions in their global supply chains, today announced it has becomethe Responsible Business Alliance (RBA).
EICC，作為一家由致力于改善其全球供應鏈中的社會、環(huán)境和道德條件的行業(yè)領先公司組成的非盈利性組織，于2017年10月17日正式宣布更名為責任商業(yè)聯(lián)盟（RBA）。
背景：
When the EICC was formed in 2004 by a group of forward thinking electronicscompanies it was called the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct. As the EICCexpanded its scope, programs and tools, it became the Electronic IndustryCitizenship Coalition. Since that time its influence, capabilities, focus areasand membership have expanded dramatically. The shift to the ResponsibleBusiness Alliance marks the next phase of the organization
EICC是由一眾電子行業(yè)公司于2004年組建而成，成立之初命名為電子行業(yè)行為準則。隨著其范圍、計劃和審核工具的不斷擴展，EICC轉變?yōu)殡娮有袠I(yè)公民聯(lián)盟。從那時起，其影響力、能力、重點領域和會員數量獲得大幅度增長。本次向責任商業(yè)聯(lián)盟的轉變，標志著組織已向下一個發(fā)展階段邁進。
愿景：
“This is an important milestone and we’re excited to take the next step in thisjourney with our members,” said Rob Lederer, Executive Director of theResponsible Business Alliance. “The new brand represents the organizationtoday, conveys its leadership on supply chain CSR issues, and will carry usinto the future as we accelerate engagement with multiple industries,governments and stakeholders around the world.”
RBA的執(zhí)行董事Rob Lederer表示，“這是一個重要的里程碑，我們很高興與我們的成員一起踏上這次旅程的下一步。新品牌更好地代表了今日的組織，傳達了它在供應鏈CSR問題上的領導作用，隨著我們加速與世界多個行業(yè)，政府和利益相關方的往來，將引領我們走向未來。”
In 2016 the EICC updated its definition of membership eligibility, allowing notonly companies that manufacture or contract the manufacture of electronics, butalso companies with products in which electronics are essential to the primaryfunctionality of the product. The new definition opened membership to auto,toy, aviation, and wearable technology companies, among others.
在2016年，EICC更新了其會員資格的定義，不僅允許制造或承包電子制造的公司，還允許具有電子產品對產品主要功能至關重要的產品的公司。新定義允許汽車、玩具、航空和可穿戴技術等相關公司成為會員。
The evolution of the EICC to the RBA is a recognition that electronics areincreasingly common in diverse products and these companies have similar supplychains and shared goals of responsible business practices. The new brand willstrengthen the organization as it leverages best practices, cross-industrycollaboration and the collective efforts of its membership.
EICC向RBA的演進是因為其認識到，電子產品在不同產品中的使用越來越普遍，而這些公司具有相似的供應鏈，并有著共同的道德商業(yè)實踐目標。隨著它利用最佳實踐，跨行業(yè)合作以及其成員的集體努力，新品牌將讓組織進一步壯大。
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