The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted in favor (3-2) of a final conflict minerals rule in August 2012. A company will be affected by this rule if it files reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act and if conflict minerals are ‘necessary to the functionality or production' of its products. Bear in mind that even companies that don't file with the SEC may need to conduct due diligence on their supply chains, most notably if they are suppliers to affected SEC filing companies.

First of all, does your company definitely have to file? Then, is there a realistic way to collect information from suppliers? If your smaller upstream distributors don't have to disclose their conflict minerals yet (and they don't), how are you supposed to get information about your supply chain from them? Are there shortcuts? Exemptions? What about recycled materials?

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10 best practices for conflict mineral compliance

Insider notes and tips

Condensed “Conflict Mineral Study Guide”

Comments from Gartner, Inc

What to expect from compliance software

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