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by jjtheblunt 1161 days ago
Does this article contradict Apple's 2017 change in suppliers

https://fortune.com/2017/03/03/apple-cobalt-child-labor/
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Isamu 1161 days ago
This article says that 70% of Cobalt comes from the Congo and “no way” can they avoid the taint of this.

So no, they don’t care that Apple changed suppliers for Cobalt to avoid this very issue.

Also the recent news that Apple is aggressively pursuing 100% recycled Cobalt.

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smugma 1161 days ago
Amnesty International report from 2017. Apple is the top rated consumer electronics company (page 78 for all the companies together, 94 focuses on consumer electronics):

https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AFR627...

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aembleton 1161 days ago
Looks like Samsung is rated just as high
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