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IPC Remains Engaged in Conflict Minerals: Update on OECD Meeting and European...
As part of IPC’s conflict minerals advocacy efforts, IPC staff participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Due Diligence meeting May 2-3, 2013. As part of the...
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IPC Highlights Small Business Difficulties with Conflict Minerals Due...
At the OECD-UN-ICGLR GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, May 26–28 in Paris, IPC Director of Government Relations and Environmental Policy Fern Abrams spoke on conflict minerals due...
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Experts Question Conflict Minerals Action
While advocacy groups have made conflict minerals a centerpiece of their campaign to stop human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a recent open letter by a group of 70 policy...
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Conflict Minerals Legislation Moving Forward in the EU
Last week, I attended the ICGLR-OECD-UN Group of Experts Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains. The meeting, which was held two weeks in advance of the European Union (EU) Parliament Plenary vote...
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CCCMC and the OECD Draft Guidelines for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in...
The China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC), in close cooperation with the multi-national Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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EU Conflict Minerals Negotiators Reach Agreement
On June 16, the European Union (EU) Commission, Council and Parliament agreed on a framework for conflict minerals legislation. Overall, the legislation will be less burdensome for IPC members and the...
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OECD Public Consultation on Due Diligence Guidance for Supply Chain Issues
The Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) is currently developing a general OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct and Companion to the Due Diligence...
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EU Commission Adopts Guidelines for Social Responsibility (Including Conflict...
On June 26, 2017, the European Union (EU) finalized “Guidelines on non-financial reporting,” to support companies in fulfilling their reporting obligations under current non-financial disclosure...
View ArticleIPC Joins European Industry Group on Responsible Sourcing of Minerals
By Chris Mitchell, vice president, global government relations and Ken Schramko, senior director, North American government relations On an issue of long-running concern to the electronics industry,...
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