Nintendo remains silent on use of conflict minerals in products

Back in 2014, Nintendo caught some flak for their use of conflict minerals in creation of some of their hardware. Since then, it seems like Nintendo has gone completely silent on the matter. Now with the 2016 report coming in, Nintendo has once again remained tight-lipped on subject.

We'd like to provide an update on Nintendo's progress when it comes to sourcing 3TG, but we can't. The company doesn't file conflict minerals disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission, so we've had to rely on its annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report instead. But at this point, its last CSR report was over a year ago, and Nintendo representatives have not yet responded to our inquiry as to when a 2016 update might be forthcoming, or what progress the company had made in conflict minerals sourcing. For 2014, the company had a 100 response rate from suppliers, but only 168 of the 247 refiners and smelters in its supply chain were certified as conflict-free.