You will surely remember that Nintendo recently shared its corporate social responsibility report. Well, today we get details related to this topic.
The information comes from GamesIndustry.biz and focuses on the evaluation of “Conflict minerals” from the mines and smelters that fund militias and lead to crime and human rights abuses. In the report provided, Nintendo has been evaluated in relation to these materials.
Apparently the company’s stance is positive, although they note that “Nintendo is achieving an impressive level of compliance simply by avoiding countries where there are challenges and additional audit work is required.” This means that is avoiding those countries instead of supporting them with verified suppliers in those territories.
“Nintendo, ultimately, has taken a simpler route to avoid the deeper challenges of the problem,” note analysts of the situation. “You are giving consumers peace of mind that your products are not made with conflict minerals, but is not contributing either to improve the problem in the affected countries.
We will have to be attentive to see how this case evolves in the future; meanwhile, what do you think about it? You can leave it in the comments.
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