Conflict minerals

Industry collaboration is essential to tackle issues further down the ICT supply chain, such as concern about human rights issues arising from the mining of minerals in conflict regions such as parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

We do not accept the use of “conflict minerals” in our products. Our Conflict Minerals Policy requires all our suppliers who manufacture components containing tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold – identified through material declarations required for each product – to develop and implement a similar policy. This is part of our Supplier Requirements.

We support industry efforts to improve the traceability of minerals through the conflict-free smelter program set up by GeSI and the EICC. This program aims to certify smelters that can demonstrate minerals do not come from conflict regions, and enable suppliers to trace the source of metals back to these smelters through a due diligence process.

Asking suppliers to complete this due diligence process will help us – and our customers – meet the requirements of US legislation requiring companies to publicly report on their use of conflict minerals.