The demand for cobalt, a key component in lithium ion batteries, has grown in recent years as mobile devices have become more ubiquitous. As a result,...
Amnesty International Pushes for Companies Using Cobalt to Publish Their Supply Chain Data
Amnesty International Pushes for Companies Using Cobalt to Publish Their Supply Chain Data Amnesty International is urging companies to follow the lea...
The Experts Respond: A CSR Q&A From the Supply Chain Summit Series
At the Supply Chain Summit Series event in San Diego in February, Michael Littenberg, Partner at Ropes & Gray LLP, spoke about legal requirements ...
European Union to Introduce New Reporting Requirements for Cobalt & Neodymium
In recent years, governments around the world have shown a growing interest in the responsible sourcing of raw materials — specifically, how the sourc...
Responsible Mineral Sourcing: Insight From the U.S. Department of State & Intel
At the Supply Chain Summit Series in San Diego last month, I moderated a panel called Responsible Minerals: Past, Present, Future. It featured Pamela ...
Cobalt Reporting is Here to Stay: Introducing the CRT 1.1
Bring up the topic of responsible mineral sourcing, and cobalt is the word on the tip of everyone’s tongue. In March 2018, the Responsible Minerals In...
RMI Releases New Cobalt Reporting Template
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...
Compliance Trends in 2017: What to Expect, How to Prepare
Looking back on 2016, it was without doubt a year of political upheaval and increased scrutiny on the environmental, social and human rights implicati...