COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on businesses. Severe supply chain disruptions have brought many businesses to a halt, leading companies to focu...
Ask the Experts: Obligations Under the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
Our regulatory subject matter experts help stakeholders solve unique regulatory challenges associated with supply chain data management. We compile th...
Satisfying Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Requirements With Data Automation
In January of this year, the European Commission released a study examining due diligence requirements on supply chains. The study examined existing p...
How Responsible Sourcing Affects Metal Markets
The global focus on responsible sourcing has gained increasing momentum over recent years, with an escalation of interest driving both public awarenes...
Ask the Experts: Responsible Mineral Reporting & Tungsten Welding
Our regulatory subject matter experts help a range of stakeholders solve compelling regulatory challenges associated with supply chain data management...
Tech Industry Leaders Sued Following Deaths in Cobalt Sources
A lawsuit was filed on December 15, 2019, alleging a number of leading technology firms knowingly benefited from cobalt mined using child labor in the...
Modern Slavery: Raising International Standards
If you’re engaged, enlightened, motivated, driven, mandated and fully supported by your organization, you will already have been looking hard, possibl...
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 ...
RMI Releases New CMRT Version 5.11
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) has released the newest version of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, the CMRT 5.11. It includes seve...