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Ask Samsung to follow words with action
18 April 2013

Friends of the Earth supporters have forced Samsung to examine its products.

The world's biggest-selling smartphone company has revealed that it does use tin from Bangka Island.

Tin mining in Bangka, Indonesia is trashing tropical forests, coral reefs and many local livelihoods.

Convincing a multi-billion pound company like Samsung to face up to problems in its supply chain is an incredible achievement.

We must now make sure that Samsung follows up on its promise to help the people and environment of Bangka.

We also need new laws to stop the problems on Bangka happening elsewhere. You can make an important start to making sure all companies have to be open about problems in their supply chains.

Please email Samsung to let it know you expect meaningful action on Bangka. And urge it to work with Friends of the Earth to support these important laws.

Please email Samsung now

Dear Samsung,

Thank you for confirming that you do have tin from Bangka Island in your products and being willing to face up to the problems deep in your supply chain. It's great to hear your commitment to use your influence to secure an industry-wide solution to protect the people and ecosystems of Bangka. I will be watching closely for meaningful action. I now urge you to work with Friends of the Earth to ensure the company reporting laws currently being debated in Brussels are ambitious enough. Such laws would allow companies to gather information from every step of their supply chain, to design products to minimise their social and environmental impact and ensure problems like Bangka's tin mining don't go unnoticed. Thank you again

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