EX-1.01 2 a21-17290_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

Coherent, Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the year ended December 31, 2020

 

This Conflict Minerals Report of Coherent, Inc. (“we”, “us” or the “Company”) for calendar year 2020 is provided pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this report, unless otherwise defined herein.  This report has been prepared by management and includes all majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Introduction

 

We are one of the world’s leading providers of lasers, laser-based technologies and laser-based system solutions in a broad range of commercial, industrial and scientific applications.  Founded in 1966, we design, manufacture, service and market lasers, laser tools, precision optics and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. In addition to laser sources and tools, we also offer leading-edge beam forming and beam guidance systems as well as laser beam measurement and control equipment.  Our laser products include diode-pumped solid-state lasers; fiber lasers; CO, CO2, excimer and ion gas lasers; optically pumped semiconductor lasers; semiconductor lasers; ultrafast lasers; and integrated laser solutions.

 

The capabilities of our products are exceptionally diverse and are used in a wide range of markets and applications, including microelectronics, including semiconductor test and measurement, and advanced packaging; graphic arts and display; materials processing; instrumentation for biotechnology and medical imaging; production of flat panel displays and solar cells; and in advanced engineering, genetics, biology, chemistry, and physics.

 

Conflict minerals are currently defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten, unless the Secretary of State determines that additional derivatives are financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (together, the “Covered Countries”). Collectively, conflict minerals are known as “3TG” — for tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold.  3TG are commonly used across the electronics industry generally and are necessary to the functionality and/or production of our products.  Uses of the 3TG include:

 

·                  Gold is a highly efficient conductor that can carry low voltages and currents and remain free of corrosion. It is used in various Coherent systems as connectors, switch and relay contacts, soldering joints, connecting wires and connection strips.

 

·                  Tin is commonly used in the electronics industry for coating lead or zinc and steel to prevent corrosion. Tin can also be found in Coherent systems used in solders for joining electronic circuits.

 

·                  Tungsten is often used for electron emitters and is an important mineral for electrical contact materials as tungsten withstands the conditions of an electric arc. Tungsten is an important component in integrated circuitry used within Coherent systems.

 


 

·                  Tantalum is a heat-resistant powder that can hold a high electrical charge; it is an important element in creating capacitors that are used to control current flow in the circuit boards in most Coherent systems.

 

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)

 

To determine the reasonable country of origin of conflict minerals in our products, an internal working group evaluated our supply chain and established a risk-based resource allocation for our RCOI process.  This evaluation is regularly updated. Upon review, it was noted that there has been limited year over year change in our supply chain, and therefore the initial process to create four Conflict Minerals assessment categories was again deemed valid for the 2020 reporting cycle. The Supply Chain Conflict Minerals categories are as follows:

 

Category

 

Description

 

Approximate Category Size

One

 

High Risk. Suppliers from whom we directly source materials that are either fully comprised of, or largely made from, a 3TG material (example, gold)

 

35 suppliers

Two

 

Medium Risk. Suppliers from whom we source subsystems, components or other products which are likely to include 3TG (example, electronic subcomponents)

 

More than 2,000 suppliers representing over 46,000 unique parts

Three

 

Low Risk. Commonly used and available (catalog) parts that may contain 3TG materials (example, screws, washers, bolts)

 

 

Four

 

Suppliers which provide products which do not include 3TG (example, a plastic button cover)

 

 

 

Following this category review, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) employing a variety of measures to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals in our products originated from the Covered Countries. Category One suppliers were engaged through direct discussions as well as written survey responses.  We successfully contacted all Category One suppliers who have reported the following Conflict Minerals status to Coherent: 99% use 3TG and are DRC Conflict Free; only one supplier has evidence of 3TG minerals use and reported such 3TG minerals as DRC conflict undeterminable.  Coherent will continue to take efforts to identify supply chain risk and determine the source of the 3TG materials; where appropriate, we will pressure our suppliers to find alternate sourcing.

 

With regards to the large volume of Category Two and Three suppliers, our primary means of determining country of origin is through an active supply-chain survey using the Responsible Business Alliance’s (formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, Incorporated) Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (RMI/GeSI), (formerly EICC/GeSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.  The RMI/GeSI format has become an industry standard for collecting Conflict Minerals data from the supply chain.  To assist us with this survey we retained an expert outside consulting firm.  Each Category Two and Three supplier is asked to provide 3TG information, always leveraging the latest RMI/GeSI format.  As a formal process, we make minimally three separate attempts to contact Category Two and Three suppliers who have yet to provide a complete RMI form or who have provided an outdated RMI form.  At the time of this filing, we have received responses from Category Two and Three suppliers covering 46,000 unique parts; these parts represent approximately 98% of the parts which are likely to contain 3TG minerals that were used in our end products sold in calendar year 2020.  These parts have the following RMI report status:  41% have been found to be “DRC Conflict Free”; 39% are “DRC Conflict Undeterminable”; 13% show 3TG minerals were not used; 5% of the RMI forms are pending approval of our internal quality check; and approximately 2% of the parts are covered by suppliers

 


 

who have yet to respond.  Due to the incomplete dataset, our conflict minerals classification is currently DRC conflict undeterminable.

 

For suppliers who have responded to our request for 3TG country of origin, we have been able to determine the following smelter/country information:

 

Minerals

 

Smelter / Country of origin may include the following

 

Change in number of 
Countries of origin

Gold

 

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan

 

14 in 2013

29 in 2014

35 in 2015

36 in 2016

35 in 2017

35 in 2018

30 in 2019

30 in 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Tantalum

 

Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Thailand, United States

 

7 in 2013

13 in 2014

12 in 2015

14 in 2016

13 in 2017

13 in 2018

11 in 2019

11 in 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Tin

 

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

 

11 in 2013

14 in 2014

17 in 2015

18 in 2016

17 in 2017

17 in 2018

14 in 2019

14 in 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Tungsten

 

Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Russian Federation, United States, Vietnam

 

6 in 2013

7 in 2014

7 in 2015

10 in 2016

10 in 2017

10 in 2018

10 in 2019

10 in 2020

 

Coherent believes, to the extent reasonably determinable, the following table presents all smelters which, to the extent known, processed the necessary 3TG minerals that are used in Coherent products during the reporting period. Smelter information was provided to Coherent by the suppliers through their RMI/GeSI reporting form.

 

Metal

 

Smelter

 

Location

Gold

 

L’Orfebre S.A.

 

Andorra

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

 

Australia

 


 

Gold

 

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

 

Austria

Gold

 

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

Belgium

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

 

Brazil

Gold

 

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

 

Canada

Gold

 

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

 

Canada

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

Canada

Gold

 

China National Gold Group Corporation

 

China

Gold

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

 

China

Gold

 

Guangdong Gaoyao Co

 

China

Gold

 

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

 

China

Gold

 

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

China

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

Germany

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

Germany

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

Germany

Gold

 

DODUCO GmbH

 

Germany

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

Germany

 


 

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

Germany

Gold

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

 

Germany

Gold

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

 

Germany

Gold

 

Bangalore Refinery

 

India

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

 

India

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

Indonesia

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

Italy

Gold

 

T.C.A S.p.A

 

Italy

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corp.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

Japan

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

Japan

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Japan

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Kazzinc

 

Kazakhstan

Gold

 

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

SungEel HiTech

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Torecom

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

Kyrgyzstan

Gold

 

Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.

 

Mexico

Gold

 

Remondis Argentia B.V.

 

Netherlands

 


 

Gold

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

Philippines

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

 

Poland

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

 

Singapore

Gold

 

AU Traders and Refiners

 

South Africa

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

 

South Africa

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

 

Spain

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies S.A.

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

PAMP S.A.

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

PX Precinox S.A.

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Valcambi S.A.

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Taiwan, Province of China

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

Taiwan, Province of China

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

Thailand

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

Turkey

Gold

 

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.

 

Turkey

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold LLC

 

United Arab Emirates

Gold

 

Emirates Gold DMCC

 

United Arab Emirates

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

United States

Gold

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

 

United States

Gold

 

Geib Refining Corporation

 

United States

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

United States

Gold

 

Materion

 

United States

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

United States

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

United States

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

Uzbekistan

 


 

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

 

China

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd

 

China

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED

 

China

Tantalum

 

NPM Silmet AS

 

Estonia

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

TANIOBIS GmbH

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

 

India

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

 

Kazakhstan

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals

 

Mexico

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

 

Russian Federation

Tantalum

 

TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.

 

Thailand

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC

 

United States

 


 

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.

 

United States

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

United States

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

United States

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean

 

United States

Tantalum

 

Telex Metals

 

United States

Tin

 

Metallo-Chimique N.V.

 

Belgium

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Tin

 

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

 

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Soft Metais Ltda.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

 

China

Tin

 

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Rajehan Ariq

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Tiga Sekawan

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Refined Bangka Tin

 

Indonesia

 


 

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

Dowa

 

Japan

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Japan

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

Malaysia

Tin

 

Minsur

 

Peru

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

 

Philippines

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

Poland

Tin

 

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

 

Spain

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

Taiwan, Province of China

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

 

Thailand

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

Thailand

Tin

 

Alpha

 

United States

Tin

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

 

Austria

Tungsten

 

ACL Metais Eireli

 

Brazil

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 


 

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

Germany

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

 

Germany

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

 

Japan

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Tungsten

 

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

 

Korea, Republic of

Tungsten

 

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

 

Philippines

Tungsten

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Moliren Ltd.

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Unecha Refractory metals plant

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Company CJSC

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Niagara Refining LLC

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

Vietnam

Tungsten

 

Masan High-Tech Materials

 

Vietnam

 

Due Diligence

 

We are required to perform due diligence in order to determine the status of the necessary conflict minerals used in our products.  Our due diligence processes and efforts have been developed to conform in all material respects with the 2nd edition of The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (OECD Guidance).  The OECD Guidance provides a five-step framework for risk-based due diligence in the mineral supply chain: (1) establish strong company management systems; (2) identify and assess risk in the supply chain; (3) design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks; (4) carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain; and (5) report on supply chain due diligence.  We provide further information on each of these elements below.

 


 

(1)                                 Establish strong company management systems

 

In an effort to establish strong management systems, we:

 

·                  adopted a corporate policy on conflict-free sourcing including a stated goal to not knowingly source any metals from operations that fund conflict. Further, the policy states that Coherent will seek alternate sources of 3TG if any of our suppliers cannot demonstrate adequate due diligence documenting that the metals used in the manufacture of our products are conflict-free.

 

·                  posted our corporate policy on our Internet site at www.coherent.com/company/environmental. The content of any website referred to in this Conflict Minerals Report is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Conflict Minerals Report.

 

·                  established a Supplier Environmental Compliance Requirements document outlining the expectation for every supplier to provide Conflict Minerals declaration for all parts and materials provided to Coherent using the RMI/GeSi format.

 

·                  actively monitor, collect, analyze and aggregate conflict minerals RMI/GeSI templates and supporting documentation from manufacturers into reports that are easily downloaded for our compliance efforts from a third-party part search and BOM manager tools.

 

·                  through our third-party Conflict Minerals Module, identify the most up to date DRC conflict mineral statuses, link to all supporting documents and policies including RMI-GeSI templates and certificates of compliance, and retain all supplier history regarding compliance. Detailed searches associate suppliers with specific smelter companies, locations, substances, miner locations, and RMI-GeSI CFS lists.

 

·                  identified over 2,000 suppliers representing over 200,000 unique parts as a part of our Conflict Minerals management program.

 

·                  sent surveys to all suppliers and made multiple attempts to contact those suppliers who have yet to respond. Each returned survey is audited internally for its completeness and any potential inconsistencies. Progress is regularly reported to senior leadership and shared with the Corporate Supply Chain organization.

 

(2)         Identify and assess risk in the supply chain

 

In an effort to identify and assess risk in the supply chain, we have:

 

·                  required all in-scope suppliers to disclose active smelters and refiners through the submittal of a complete RMI/GeSi form. Smelters are reviewed to determine whether they are active in the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”).  Pursuant to our corporate policy, future decisions on sourcing will be impacted by a supplier’s response and their participation in the CFSP program.

 


 

·                  engaged directly with each Category One supplier to confirm that each such supplier is providing us with a completed RMI form and, where appropriate, will consider other suppliers if the supplier is unable to declare their products as DRC Conflict Free.

 

(3)         Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

 

In an effort to design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks, we:

 

·                  regularly report to senior management on the status of our Conflict Minerals Program. Additionally, conflict minerals status updates are included in our ISO140000 review management meetings.

 

·                  regularly review our contingency planning for our supply chain, including replacement risk for those suppliers who have not yet replied to our information requests.

 

(4)         Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain

 

·                  We do not have a direct supplier relationship with smelters. We will continue to support the development and implementation of independent third-party audits of smelters such as the Conflict-Free Smelter Program and will encourage our suppliers to purchase materials from audited, conflict-free smelters.  We are continuing to evaluate direct independent third-party audits of our Category One suppliers and an assessment of their diligence steps taken with regards to any purchases made from smelters.

 

(5)         Report on supply chain due diligence

 

In an effort to report on supply chain due diligence, we have:

 

·                  leveraged our Corporate Policy on Conflict Minerals and Environmental Requirements document, which is provided to all current suppliers (as well as future potential suppliers). Further, suppliers are encouraged to sign a “Certificate of Compliance with Coherent’s Environmental Policy,” which includes the obligation to provide Conflict Minerals declarations.

 

·                  filed this Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to our Form SD and publicly disclosed it on our Internet site at www.coherent.com/company/environmental.

 

Additional Risk Mitigation Steps

 

As noted above, we have made the determination that our products are DRC conflict undeterminable due to the incomplete dataset provided by our suppliers. We will continue to take additional measures to improve our conflict minerals program including:

 

·                  working with our smaller suppliers to further educate them on the Conflict Minerals rule and assist them in completing the RMI/GeSI form;

 

·                  critically evaluating the business relationship with suppliers who refuse to provide a complete assessment of their conflict minerals status;

 


 

·                  identifying alternate supply sources for suppliers who respond as “Not Conflict Free”; and

 

·                  requesting that all smelters identified in the RMI/GeSI survey participate in a program such as the Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) program in order to obtain a “conflict-free” designation.