Climate ChangeSamsung urged to use 100% green energy in South Korea and Vietnam
Greenpeace says electronics giant lags Amazon and Total in renewables use
A Samsung factory in Vietnam: The Southeast Asian country produces half of all the South Korean company's smartphones. © Reuters
LIEN HOANG and KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writers
HO CHI MINH CITY/SEOUL -- Samsung must switch to using 100% renewable energy in South Korea and Vietnam -- the tech conglomerate's two biggest production bases -- even as those countries plan to build more coal-fired power plants, Greenpeace said in a report on Tuesday.