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Conflict Minerals:
International Response
Mothers of Congo
Universal Peace Federation-UK @ukUPF
March 21st 2014
43 Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NA
Conflict
Minerals
International
Response
• United States - Dodd-Frank Act 1502
• Obliges US Stock Exchange Listed Companies to Ensure
Supply Chain is not Tainted by Conflict Minerals
• Being Challenged in Courts
• There Are Still Positive Effects
Conflict Minerals – International Response
USA Dodd-Frank Law
• Section 1502 provisions are enforceable as of 31
May 2014, by which time affected companies must
submit their first annual conflict minerals reports to
the US Securities and Exchange Commission
• It is estimated that 150,000-200,000 EU companies
- mostly downstream firms - are involved in the
supply chains of the 6,000 affected US-listed
companies. (More Info)
Conflict Minerals - International Response
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
• http://www.oecd.org/
Conflict Minerals -
International Response
• 26-28 May 2014 – Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference
Centre, Paris, France
• To review and discuss implementation of the OECD
Due Diligence Guidance and the International
Conference on the Great Lakes Region Regional
Certification Mechanism.
• Tin, tantalum and tungsten (3Ts) and gold supply
chains Issues will be addressed.
Conflict Minerals - International Response
March 5th 2014 Announcement of EU
Proposed Regulations
1) Opt-In Self Certification – Voluntary
2) Mineral Importers Only – Not
Manufacturers
3) Review in Three Years (More Info)
Feb 26, 2014, the European
Parliament voted in support of
binding EU rules that ensure that
all companies operating in the
EU, using minerals sourced from
conflict-affected areas, check
their supply chains to reduce the
risk of conflict financing and
human rights abuses.
Seema Joshi, Amnesty's
business and human rights
director, said the plan was
"substantially weaker" than
existing standards set by the
OECD and already endorsed
by EU governments.
Conflict Minerals- International Response
“The EU legislation against conflict-minerals if
enacted as watered down as it is, it will simply be a
shame for EU legislators and a disappointment for
those who saw the EU initiative as support for the
rights of women and children to be protected from
militia's, or for impoverished, exploited miners in
eastern DRC who now will not see their incomes rise”,
Fidel Bafilemba, a Congo-based
researcher for the Enough Project.
Conflict Minerals - International Response
International Tin Research
Institute (ITRI)
based in St Albans initiated
iTSCi
(ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative)
www.itri.co.uk
World Gold
Council -
Head Office
London
www.gold.org/
Conflict
Minerals -
International
Response
Conflict Minerals - International Response
United Nations - Businesses
and Human Rights
Good Business –
Implementing the
UN Guiding
Principles (UNGPs)
on Business and
Human Rights
Sept 2013
UK Foreign Office
Conflict Minerals International Response
UK National Contact Point (NCP) for Questions or Complaints
About Conflict Minerals
• Questions or complaints – OECD
guidelines, or UK NCP’s mailing list
uk.ncp@bis.gsi.gov.uk
• UK National Contact Point for
OECD guidelines for multinational
Enterprises:
Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills (BIS), 3rd Floor - Victoria
Zone 3, 1 Victoria Street, London,
SW1H OET
• Steven Murdoch 020 7215 0395
steven.murdoch@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Positive Signs
•Intel: ‘conflict mineral free’
•Fairphone: sold 37,000
conflict mineral free phones
•Motorola
•Media Awareness
Conflict Minerals - International Response

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Conflict Minerals International Response

  • 1. Conflict Minerals: International Response Mothers of Congo Universal Peace Federation-UK @ukUPF March 21st 2014 43 Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NA
  • 2. Conflict Minerals International Response • United States - Dodd-Frank Act 1502 • Obliges US Stock Exchange Listed Companies to Ensure Supply Chain is not Tainted by Conflict Minerals • Being Challenged in Courts • There Are Still Positive Effects
  • 3. Conflict Minerals – International Response USA Dodd-Frank Law • Section 1502 provisions are enforceable as of 31 May 2014, by which time affected companies must submit their first annual conflict minerals reports to the US Securities and Exchange Commission • It is estimated that 150,000-200,000 EU companies - mostly downstream firms - are involved in the supply chains of the 6,000 affected US-listed companies. (More Info)
  • 4. Conflict Minerals - International Response • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas • http://www.oecd.org/
  • 5. Conflict Minerals - International Response • 26-28 May 2014 – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference Centre, Paris, France • To review and discuss implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Regional Certification Mechanism. • Tin, tantalum and tungsten (3Ts) and gold supply chains Issues will be addressed.
  • 6. Conflict Minerals - International Response March 5th 2014 Announcement of EU Proposed Regulations 1) Opt-In Self Certification – Voluntary 2) Mineral Importers Only – Not Manufacturers 3) Review in Three Years (More Info) Feb 26, 2014, the European Parliament voted in support of binding EU rules that ensure that all companies operating in the EU, using minerals sourced from conflict-affected areas, check their supply chains to reduce the risk of conflict financing and human rights abuses. Seema Joshi, Amnesty's business and human rights director, said the plan was "substantially weaker" than existing standards set by the OECD and already endorsed by EU governments.
  • 7. Conflict Minerals- International Response “The EU legislation against conflict-minerals if enacted as watered down as it is, it will simply be a shame for EU legislators and a disappointment for those who saw the EU initiative as support for the rights of women and children to be protected from militia's, or for impoverished, exploited miners in eastern DRC who now will not see their incomes rise”, Fidel Bafilemba, a Congo-based researcher for the Enough Project.
  • 8. Conflict Minerals - International Response International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) based in St Albans initiated iTSCi (ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative) www.itri.co.uk
  • 9. World Gold Council - Head Office London www.gold.org/ Conflict Minerals - International Response
  • 10. Conflict Minerals - International Response United Nations - Businesses and Human Rights Good Business – Implementing the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights Sept 2013 UK Foreign Office
  • 11. Conflict Minerals International Response UK National Contact Point (NCP) for Questions or Complaints About Conflict Minerals • Questions or complaints – OECD guidelines, or UK NCP’s mailing list uk.ncp@bis.gsi.gov.uk • UK National Contact Point for OECD guidelines for multinational Enterprises: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), 3rd Floor - Victoria Zone 3, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H OET • Steven Murdoch 020 7215 0395 steven.murdoch@bis.gsi.gov.uk
  • 12. Positive Signs •Intel: ‘conflict mineral free’ •Fairphone: sold 37,000 conflict mineral free phones •Motorola •Media Awareness Conflict Minerals - International Response