G.Skill

Lacks transparency. Shows little about where or how its products are made.

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 2 sources

Taiwanese maker of high-performance PC memory.

We couldn't find where G.Skill makes most of its PC memory and gaming peripherals, a certification covering its range or a list of its suppliers.

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Most electronics are made in countries such as China and Vietnam, where pay is usually below a living wage.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production, probably in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 1 of 6

Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
Not met: Respects worker rightsWhere electronics are usually made, such as China and Malaysia, unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine

Red flags 3

Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
Red flag: Probably made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

Not confirmed

We couldn't confirm where G.Skill makes most of its products, so this shows where electronics are usually made.

Where it's made, share by country, and conditions there
Country	Share	Worker rights	Legal minimum wage	Forced labour risk
China	55%	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
Vietnam	15%	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate
Taiwan	10%	Strong protections	Close to a living wage	Low
Malaysia	8%	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
South Korea	7%	No guarantee of rights	Close to a living wage	Low
India	5%	No guarantee of rights	Well below a living wage	High

Evidence

What we found

Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.

Research notes G.Skill does not say where its memory modules or peripherals are assembled. It publishes no supplier list, supplier code of conduct, modern slavery statement, conflict minerals report or audit results, reports no RBA membership and is not covered by labour rights benchmarks.

What independent sources say

Source	Result	Details
KnowTheChain	Not covered	Not assessed in the 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark, which covers larger ICT companies. View

Sources and actions

Sources 2

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Taiwan Excellence award: G.SKILL T5 DDR5 R-DIMM · search the archive · G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. product award
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64GB kit (PLE Computers) · search the archive · G.Skill memory sold by PLE Computers, which has shops in Australia

Company details

Headquarters: Taiwan
Last researched: 3 November 2026
Cite this page: Labour Lens, "Is G.Skill ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/g-skill, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method: Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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