Nintendo slammed over Accusations of using 'blood chemicals' by Activist Group
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[quote="Fox News"]
A letter signed by half a million people from 64 different countries was delivered to Nintendo offices Wednesday demanding that the company get the “blood” off its products.
Called “conflict minerals” or “blood minerals,” elements such as gold and the ores that make tungsten and tin are mined -- often at gunpoint -- by men, women and children in Congolese mines and used by most major electronics companies. Nintendo is one of the worst offenders, said Debrah Rosen, movement director at WalkFree.org
[B]“There are minerals in gaming consoles, cell phones, computers, anything that has a microchip in it that come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” Rosen told FoxNews.com. “Those minerals, and control of the mines where those minerals are extracted, is what’s fueling the conflict in the Congo.”[/B]
“Children have died in these mines,” she told FoxNews.com.
“You have soldiers who are part of the group running the mine that are enslaving and raping women. The mines are very central to solving the slavery problem in the Congo,” she said.
A Nintendo spokesman told FoxNews.com the company takes the issue of conflict minerals seriously. Nintendo released the following statement in response to the WalkFree.org protest:
[B]"We at Nintendo take our social responsibilities as a global company very seriously and expect our production partners to do the same. Nintendo bans the use of conflict minerals and we continue to work with our suppliers to ensure our ban is upheld."[/B]
Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which includes a conflict minerals provision, many companies have been forced into action on the issue. But despite strides made in recent years to audit the companies supplying those minerals, WalkFree.org remains convinced that Nintendo’s response has lagged behind.
“Intel is looking at conflict-free devices by end of year. HP Apple, Nokia, and many others have policies to source from conflict-free smelters. Many companies publish the number of smelters they use.”
“Nintendo does zero of that.”
When the Enough Project released a report last August placing Nintendo dead last in its corporate rankings on the issue. Nintendo told FoxNews.com that has been striving to make progress on the issue.
"Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Procurement Guidelines prohibit our production partners from using conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries. Each of our lead production partners has a policy banning the use of conflict minerals," the company said in a statement.
"We ask our suppliers to disclose both their policy on conflict minerals and procedures used to trace materials in their supply chain."
“What are the verification procedures for non-compliance? And why have they not joined the widely agreed conflict-free smelter program?” she said.
“When you ask those questions, that’s when they go silent,” she said.
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[url="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/06/26/nintendo-slammed-over-blood-chemicals/"]Source[/url].
[url="http://www.slaveryisnotagame.com/"]Other Source[/url].
I really hope Nintendo doesn't do this. If they did, that means they have been lying to [url="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/en/index.html"]stockholders[/url].
CRINGE WORTHY PROMO FROM ACTIVIST GROUP:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1ftubiLoQ[/media]
The title made me think that there were chemicals from blood used in Nintendo products.
That would be kinda rad.
[QUOTE=explodingape;41205424]The title made me think that there were chemicals from blood used in Nintendo products.
That would be kinda rad.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was saying they were somehow putting chemicals into our blood.
[QUOTE=helpiminabox;41205437]I thought it was saying they were somehow putting chemicals into our blood.[/QUOTE]
It's called the Wii U because it slowly takes U over.
Nintendo does have one of the worst environmental ratings for there products, can't recall it currently but it was quite bad.
[QUOTE=O'Neil;41205715]Nintendo does have one of the worst environmental ratings for there products, can't recall it currently but it was quite bad.[/QUOTE]
The article is about where they obtain the minerals (the accusation is that Nintendo uses Blood Diamond mines) and not the actual materials.
[QUOTE=Fangz;41205761]The article is about where they obtain the minerals (the accusation is that Nintendo uses Blood Diamond mines) and not the actual materials.[/QUOTE]
Ah, silly me.
This is old news, I remember reading something like this years ago
[QUOTE=explodingape;41205424]The title made me think that there were chemicals from blood used in Nintendo products.
That would be kinda rad.[/QUOTE]
They were using the bones of dead babies and tears of orphan children to make games for rich, over privileged white children.
Source is Fox News
So whats new, FP
[QUOTE=Ridley;41206179]Source is Fox News
So whats new, FP[/QUOTE]
It is a activist group called [url="http://www.slaveryisnotagame.com/"]WalkFree[/url].
They also put out this cringeworthy video:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1ftubiLoQ[/media]
Also here is the quote from the top voted comment on youtube:
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Nintendo don't buy raw materials, they buy chips from IBM. IBM buy the semiconductor material from companies like Toshiba. Toshiba has their suppliers …
These fools just want some quick publicity, and using slavery as an excuse, its* fucking sad.
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[editline]27th June 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;41205899]This is old news, I remember reading something like this years ago[/QUOTE]
The video on the activist's youtube account was posted recently.
[QUOTE=Fangz;41206278] WalkFree stuff [/QUOTE]
I was judging from the article itself.
Both groups are the source I guess.
Well, most companies do.
But it's by proxy. Bestbuy may buy X, from a company who made X, but used materials from Company Y, and Company Y got their materials from Company Z, and this continues on for a little bit.
They're targeting Nintendo because of the sensationalism.
Our current western society is built on shitting on Africa and half of Asia.
That's a global thing lasting decades, tho.
[QUOTE=Limed00d;41208600]They're targeting Nintendo because of the sensationalism.[/QUOTE]
You mean because it might make folks sit up and notice.
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