Conflict Minerals Policy

Conflict Minerals Policy
English	Merry Electronics Conflict Minerals Policy
繁體中文	美律衝突礦產政策
Tiếng Việt	Chính sách chống xung đột khoáng sản

Global citizen; NO conflict minerals

Reported by EICC that the origin of these minerals has become the Democratic Republic of Congo's main revenue sources of armed rebel groups, to deal in arms, continued its bloody conflict between government forces, devastated the local civilian population, thus triggering international disputes.

We rigorously comply with laws and regulations, implementing responsible sourcing practices. Our suppliers are required to use smelters certified by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) to adhere to conflict minerals regulations. Merry Group is dedicated to upholding human rights and corporate responsibility, such as by managing supplier due diligence programs for conflict minerals. We aim to enhance the transparency of supplier information to ensure compliance with legal standards and customer expectations.

I. We do not procure rare precious metals such as gold (Au), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), cobalt (Co), and mica from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring countries.
II. We trace the sources of gold (Au), tantalum (Ta), tin (Sn), and tungsten (W) in our products, following OECD guidelines to avoid directly or indirectly funding armed conflict groups.
III. We expect our suppliers to exclusively use smelters recognized by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and to conduct regular verifications.
IV. We require our suppliers to conduct due diligence and risk management according to OECD DDG standards and communicate this policy to their upstream supply chain to ensure compliance with conflict minerals policies.

Conflict metal: The minerals composed of columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, wolframite and gold from the fighting region of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These minerals are refined into tantalum (Ta), tin (Sn), tungsten(W) and gold (Au), respectively, and are used in electronics and other products. All of our key supplier are requested to map their supply chains for the metals in their components back down to smelter and then to source.

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