Sustainability award to Samsung drips with workers blood

In another example that brings into question the value of international certification for good corporate behaviour by global companies, a chorus of protests greeted the awarding of a Sustainability Certification to the new Samsung Smartphone. Samsung is not only a notoriously anti-worker and anti-union company, but there are also ongoing health and safety issues like the blood disorder illnesses and a recent fatal chemical leak at its plant. 

In another example that brings into question the value of international certification for good corporate behaviour by global companies, a chorus of protests greeted the awarding of a Sustainability Certification to the new Samsung Smartphone. Samsung is not only a notoriously anti-worker and anti-union company, but there are also ongoing health and safety issues like the blood disorder illnesses and a recent fatal chemical leak at its plant.