Slavery is Not a Game, Nintendo!

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Nintendo has profited from the modern slavery industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo for too long. It's time to tell Nintendo to stop playing with people's lives.

NINTENDO:
SLAVERY IS NOT A GAME

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Dear Indra,

We tend to think of the tech industry as the pinnacle of modernity, but there's a dark side to your everyday electronics: many of them are produced by slave labor and directly fund the world's deadliest ongoing conflict.

Nintendo has a notorious reputation for using conflict minerals from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and financing slave labor. It's time for Nintendo to stop playing games and step up its efforts to help end modern slavery.

The DRC is rich in minerals, but its residents remain unbelievably poor: 80% of citizens live on 30 cents per day or less. For too long, the tech industry has continued doing business with the DRC while turning a blind eye to the human cost of its transactions.

Progressive companies like Intel and Apple are taking steps to eliminate conflict minerals from their products. Nintendo continues to lag behind in this effort.

As the world's largest manufacturer of video game consoles, Nintendo has a huge role to play in ending modern slavery. Please call on Nintendo to take concrete steps to ensure its products are slavery-free.