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BSR Insight Article: Coalition Provides U.S. SEC With Recommendations on Conflict Minerals
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
A group of NGOs, investors, and companies—facilitated by BSR and led by AMD, the Enough Project, and As You Sow—has developed recommendations to guide the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) pending rulemaking on conflict minerals (defined as tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This rulemaking, mandated by the U.S. financial reform legislation passed in July, will require U.S.-listed companies to report if their products contain conflict minerals, which are so named because of the role of armed groups in mining and taxing their trade. Read more
BSR Insight Article: BSR Conference 2010 Highlights: 'Sustainability Is Core Business' and More
Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, Advisory Services
We just wrapped up a great week in New York at the BSR Conference 2010, where our chosen theme of “Innovate. Integrate. Inspire.” (or I³) played out on the plenary stage and in dozens of breakout sessions with more than 1,100 participants on topics ranging from the future of food to the role of business in promoting human rights. Read more
BSR Insight Article: The Path to 'Conflict-Free': Risk Management or Responsibility?
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
With recent headlines about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) broadcasting strong claims like “Break the Link Between Laptops and War” and “Death by Gadget,” it’s easy to get the impression that the information and communications technology (ICT) sector is solely responsible for the violence in that country. These articles generally focus on the association between “conflict minerals” (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) used in ICT supply chains and the ongoing violence in the eastern DRC that has contributed to the deaths of more than five million people during the past 15 years. Read more
Blog: What the U.S. Legislation on Conflict Minerals Means for the Private Sector
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
The U.S. financial reform legislation signed into law yesterday includes a provision requiring publicly traded companies to report on their use of “conflict minerals”—including gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten—whose trade helps fund armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more →
BSR Insight Article: BSR Conference 2010 Preview
Interview with Kara Hurst, Vice President, BSR, by Faris Natour, Director, Research & Innovation, BSR
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