Conflict Minerals Policy

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.

As a global citizen, we hereby declare and promise not to use metals from the origins of conflict minerals. In addition, we request our supply chain all suppliers to:

(1)Conduct business operations in a way of social and environmental responsibility.
(2)Not use the conflict minerals originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC)and its adjoining countries; however, the conflict-free minerals from the DRC and neighboring countries are not banned.
(3)Trace the origins of the metals used, e.g. Au, Ta, Sn, and W, and fill in the investigation from/sign declaration, and commit to exercising due diligence in accordance with the OECD Guidance to ensure that suppliers' minerals will not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups.
(4) Commits to only sourcing from independently validated smelters/refineries.
(5) Make the same requirements to your upstream suppliers.

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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