On August 22, 2012, The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) passed Article No. 1502 of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”. In response to the development of international human rights and fulfilling corporate social responsibility. HwaCom addresses our statement with the standardized self-management approach to avoid the use of metallic materials such as, gold, tantalum, tungsten, tin, etc, which are often used in electronic products, from the conflict area such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring areas where environmental and human rights are neglected per the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC).
HwaCom’s Statement of “Conflict Minerals”:
- HwaCom and its suppliers shall take social and environmental protection responsibilities.
- The “Three No” principle for HwaCom is no support, no acceptance and no use of metals, i.e., “Conflict Minerals” from the D.R. Congo and its neighboring nations as well as armed conflict areas where metals are mined illegally from unacceptable working environments.
- Suppliers shall retrace the sources of Co, Au, Pd, Ta, Sn, and W that are contained in all products to ensure that those metals are not from the “conflict mining areas”.
- Implement the green supply chain to comply with customer’s requirements and international justice practice. Understand in-depth the management condition of the conflict minerals by suppliers.
