Read the full report: “Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets: Company Rankings on Conflict Minerals 2012.”
Leading electronics companies are making progress in eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chains, but still cannot label their products as being conflict free. Since the Enough Project’s last corporate rankings report on conflict minerals in December 2010, a majority of leading consumer electronics companies have moved ahead in addressing conflict minerals in their supply chains—spurred by the conflict minerals provision in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and growing consumer activism, particularly on college campuses. Most firms have improved their scores from the 2010 rankings, but some laggards still remain.
According to the Enough Project, several other companies, including SanDisk, Philips, Sony, Panasonic, RIM, and AMD, have significantly improved their efforts by surveying their suppliers, piloting due diligence, and joining the smelter audit program. SanDisk made major progress, moving from being in the red to green. You can hear directly from SanDisk on how they made progress on this free Webinar from Source44.
