{"id":7188,"date":"2022-01-05T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T05:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T05:42:19","slug":"samsungs-together-for-tomorrow-ces-keynote-fails-to-mention-continued-reliance-on-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/7188\/samsungs-together-for-tomorrow-ces-keynote-fails-to-mention-continued-reliance-on-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s \u2018together for tomorrow\u2019 CES keynote fails to mention reliance on coal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seoul, January 5, 2022 &#8211; Samsung has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-unveils-together-for-tomorrow-vision-at-ces-2022\">issued a sustainability-oriented keynote address<\/a> at the tech conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ces.tech\/\">CES 2022<\/a> in Las Vegas.<br><br>Response from Daul Jang, Greenpeace East Asia Government Relations &amp; Advocacy Specialist, based in Seoul:<br><br>\u201cSamsung\u2019s sustainability-branded keynote address at CES was shocking in its omission of key facts. Unlike some of its rivals, Samsung has not committed to 100% renewable energy worldwide. The company continues to rely heavily on coal and other fossil fuels in its operations, including in Korea and Vietnam.<br><br>If Samsung truly wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-unveils-together-for-tomorrow-vision-at-ces-2022\">\u2018put sustainability at the heart of everything<\/a>\u2019 it does, it needs to create a production system that relies on 100% renewable energy, not a tiny TV remote control with a solar panel on it. Until then, Samsung should stop misleading the public with slogans like \u2018going green\u2019 and \u2018everyday sustainability.\u2019 We need to see a transition to renewable energy sources, not more greenwashing.\u201d<br><br>Samsung Electronics received a D in Greenpeace East Asia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/7095\/samsung-xiaomi-get-failing-grades-in-new-greenpeace-tech-ranking\/#:~:text=Samsung%2C%20Xiaomi%20get%20Failing%20Grades%20in%20New%20Greenpeace%20Tech%20Ranking,-Greenpeace%20East%20Asia&amp;text=2%20December%202021%2C%20HONG%20KONG,to%20reduce%20its%20carbon%20emissions.\">most recent tech ranking<\/a>, behind Tencent, LG Electronics and Sony.<br><br><br><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><br><br>Yeonho Yang, Climate Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace East Asia: +(82)-010-2717-7805, <a href=\"mailto:yyang@greenpeace.org\">yyang@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Erin Newport, International Communications Officer, Greenpeace East Asia: +886 958\u200b 026 791, <a href=\"mailto:erin.newport@greenpeace.org\">erin.newport@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace International Press Desk, pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org, +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If Samsung truly wants to \u2018put sustainability at the heart of everything\u2019 it does, it needs to create a production system that relies on 100% renewable energy, not a tiny TV remote control with a solar panel on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":7192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[100],"p4-page-type":[14],"class_list":["post-7188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-energy","tag-renewable-energy","p4-page-type-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7188"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=7188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}