One of the primary purposes of any responsible minerals program is to account for the origin of minerals of concern — including tantalum, tin, tungste...
Responsible Minerals: Mitigating Sanctions Risk
The origin of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TGs) in a company’s supply chain is a central consideration of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall St...
Electric Vehicles Are Disrupting Automotive Supply Chains
The road ahead for automotive suppliers is anything but certain, and electric vehicles (EVs) are a key reason. With nearly all major original equipmen...
Building a Responsible Sourcing Program: Where to Start
Mineral mining has been a key component of societal progress since the Industrial Age. However, in recent years, numerous reports of human rights viol...
Best Practices for Completing a CMRT
The Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) was created by the Responsible Mineral Initiative (RMI) to help companies perform supply chain due dil...
The European Commission Prepares to Launch “Due Diligence Ready!” Initiative
On November 20, 2019, the European Commission (EC) will launch a new initiative, Due Diligence Ready!, to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) imp...
Nominations Now Open for CSR Top 100
The Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders List is back, and we want to hear who you think should make the cut. Every year, indepe...
China Threatens to Halt Export of Rare Earth Metals
The China-U.S trade war continues, and China is leveraging the manufacturing sector’s dependence on rare earth metal exports to sway the U.S. administ...
Q&A with Cobalt Institute President David Weight
In recent years, cobalt has become an integral part of many products due to its importance in the lithium-ion battery. As the metal became more widely...
Why the Responsible Sourcing of Cobalt Goes Beyond Batteries
The lithium-ion battery enabled more mobility in electronics, enormously impacting the way we use many devices. Increased demand for the batteries — a...