Cobalt has been the topic of media articles, NGO-sponsored reports and heavy discussion for years, but when demand for the mineral skyrocketed, so did...
Broadening Responsible Sourcing Initiatives
Companies are beginning to look beyond tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TGs) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and surrounding countri...
Independent Report Reveals Weaknesses in Conflict Minerals Due Diligence
An independent study recently found 95 percent of corporate conflict mineral policies were not aligned with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...
New Breed of Regulations Won’t End With Conflict Minerals | Compliance Week Reprint
Assent Compliance marketing department was happy to contribute to the following article which appeared in Compliance Week on Aug 27, 2013. When Congr...
Selecting a Conflict Minerals IT Vendor – Best Practices – Law Review Reprint
This article was adapted and published on the National Law Review ( http://www.natlawreview.com/article/dodd-frank-conflict-minerals-compliance-and-it...
Must Read! District Court Upholds Conflict Mineral Rules
Industry watched closely yesterday as the Washington D.C District Court passed its ruling on the Dodd Frank Conflict Mineral Rules case. The court rej...
Form SD and Conflict Minerals Reports – Webinar Replay
In case you missed it, here is the latest in Assents Webinar Series on Conflict Mineral Compliance. This webinar covered: The legal requirements and p...
Conflict Mineral Reports and Form SD: Free Webinar. Sign Up Now!
On Tuesday December 11th, Assent Compliance will be hosting the third and final webinar in its recent series of Conflict Minerals webinars. This webin...
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Conflict Mineral Due Diligence Webinar
In case you missed it our latest webinar in the Conflict Mineral series is posted below, This webinar touched on: Defining the Reasonable Country of O...
Conflict Mineral Due Diligence and Reasonable Country of Origin: Webinar
On Tuesday November 27th, Assent Compliance will be hosting the second webinar in its series of Conflict Minerals webinars. This webinar will be dedic...