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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by thu2111 on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:45AM (#24471511)
That's not what conflict minerals means. That term means what it says: that the minerals come from a (civil) war zone where people are killing each other over the right to extract them. That extraction may well also include slavery in some places, but it's not exactly the same thing.
Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by AlexTWithBeard on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:20PM (#24474660)
While this is not exactly the same, the idea is very similar. I was very surprised to find out the corporations drill multiple levels down through the layers of contractors to promote ethical stuff. That's impressive.

The credit must be given when it's due.

Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by bluGill on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:36PM (#24474845)
Those multiple levels have proved very powerful. When the big earthquakes hit Japan industry all over the world was quickly able to figure out parts of the supply chain was most critical, vs what could be sourced elsewhere. (as I recall all the pure silicon for chips is made in Japan, so those factories were given all the electricity needed, while other factories that had competition elsewhere had to wait to get the limited power left). Companies that had their suppliers traced out that far were able to work stay in production much longer than those that didn't find out until months latter when things got through all the levels.