THE CONFLICT
Most electronics devices contain minerals that originate in the mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, often called “conflict minerals.” Men, women, and children are being threatened with force – often at gunpoint – to work in Congolese mines where conflict minerals for our electronics devices come from.
THE ANSWER
While many big electronics companies have already taken steps to get rid of conflict minerals in their supply chain, Nintendo has yet to join the electronics industry audit program for conflict-free smelters nor has it required its suppliers to use only conflict-free smelters – the bare minimum requirement for taking action on conflict minerals.
THE ACTION
Call on Nintendo to take the first step toward ensuring their products are free of conflict minerals mined with slavery by auditing their supply chain according to industry standards and making this information public.
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TELL NINTENDO TO MAKE ITS PRODUCTS FREE OF SLAVE-MINED MINERALS
To Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo Co., Ltd and Nintendo North America
The violence and slavery associated with the production of minerals in the Congo is devastating. While other leading brands are making efforts to make their products free of slave-mined 'conflict minerals', we are disappointed by your score of Zero in the Enough Project's recent industry ranking. Please take the first step towards making your products free of conflict minerals by auditing your supply chain.
WALK FREE PODCAST
On average we spend 7.5 hours a day using electronics – but have you ever wondered what goes into these devices or how they’re made?
In a special Walk Free podcast, global experts Kevin Bales, Ben Skinner and Sasha Lezhnev expose the links between conflict minerals, modern slavery and the electronics industry.
Featured Presenters
Ben Skinner
Senior VP, Tau Investment Management. Author of 'A Crime So Monstrous'. Named one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year in 2008 for investigative journalism on modern slavery.
Kevin Bales
Co-founder of Free The Slaves, author of ‘Disposable People’. Pulitzer Prize nominee, named “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” by Utne Reader in 2008.
Sasha Lezhnev
Senior Policy Analyst, The Enough Project. Author of 'Crafting Peace'. Led the Enough Project’s report ‘Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets’ on conflict-free minerals.
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