Press release by global OHS and sustainability rights activists in condemnation of the “Sustainability Certification” issued to Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Smartphone.
“Sustainability certification is far too simple a tool to ensure respect for human rights in the complex global electronics supply chain” – Pauline Overeem, Coordinator of Good Electronics.
These and other observations were made by occupational and environmental health and justice and workers’ rights groups from Asia, Europe, and North America in their joint statement condemning TCO Development – the Swedish certification organization – for awarding its first “Sustainability Certification” to Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Smartphone, in spite of the fact that Samsung has been severely criticized in South Korea and elsewhere for its dismal occupational safety and health record.
More than 180 young Samsung workers have developed occupational diseases such as cancer and 70 of them have already died after having been exposed to hazardous chemicals on the job. In addition, a recent leakage of hydrogen fluoride in a Samsung semiconductor factory in Hwaseong killed another worker.
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