EX-1.01 2 d902311dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in Accordance with Rule 13p-1 under

the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Section 1. Introduction

This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”) for calendar year 2019 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1” or the “Conflict Minerals Rule”) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). The date of filing of this report is May 29, 2020

This Report contains information regarding all of the Company’s merchandising strategies (Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, Pottery Barn Teen, Williams Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham). 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 is available at http://ir.williams-sonomainc.com/sec-filings.

Section 2. Overview

As a retailer of consumer products, the Company is several levels removed from the mining of conflict minerals, does not make direct purchases of raw or unrefined minerals and makes no purchases in a Covered Country (as defined below).

The Company and its merchandising strategies are retailers of high-quality consumer products for the kitchen and home, including kitchen essentials, dinnerware, cookware, electrics, cutlery, furniture, bedding, bathroom accessories, lighting, decorative accessories, rugs, curtains, gifts, hardware, small leather goods, jewelry, and home décor. The Company’s merchandising strategies contract to manufacture some, although not all, of the products they sell. In 2019, the Company purchased merchandise from over 400 suppliers.

Tin, tungsten, tantalum or gold (“3TGs”) are necessary to the functionality of certain lighting and decorative accessories products that the Company contracts to be manufactured (“In-Scope Products”).

Section 3. Conflict Minerals Policy

The Company is committed to corporate responsibility and sustainable practices as is evidenced by our various policies. The Company has established a policy indicating our ongoing efforts in responsible sourcing of Conflict Minerals by our suppliers. The policy is reviewed each year and sent to suppliers for a yearly acknowledgment.

 

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Section 4. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information

As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, the Company conducted a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”). We designed our RCOI in good faith in an attempt to determine the origin of 3TGs that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we contract to manufacture. Members of the Company’s Legal Department and Sustainable Development Department identified suppliers of the In-Scope Products that the Company contracted to have manufactured. These suppliers were generally suppliers of lighting products and decorative accessories. All identified suppliers of the In-Scope products, approximately 125 suppliers, were contacted as part of our outreach efforts. Not all suppliers provided a response, due to the impacts of COVID-19 on their operations.    

Based on our 2019 RCOI, these suppliers identified over 300 smelters and refiners that may be in our supply chain, which the Company believes represent the majority of the relevant smelters and refiners. Based on our RCOI, for the smelters that were identified, the Company concluded that all but two of these smelters and refiners sourced entirely from outside Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country (“Covered Country”). One supplier identified two smelters located in two Covered Countries (Uganda, Zambia), but the supplier was not able to determine whether the 3TGs that came from this smelter were in products supplied to us.

Section 5. Due Diligence Procedures Performed

The due diligence exercise performed by the Company conformed to an internationally recognized due diligence framework developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of its “Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas” (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”).

In accordance with the OECD Guidance, the Company’s due diligence exercise included: 1) review of the previously-adopted Conflict Minerals Policy, which was then sent to relevant suppliers of the Company’s products; 2) review and assessment of risk in our Company’s supply chain; and 3) review of the strategy to identify and respond to risks in the supply chain. There were no significant changes to the due diligence process since December 31, 2018, the end of the period covered in the Company’s most recent prior Conflict Minerals Report.

Use of RBA Conflict Minerals Reporting Template

In performing our due diligence for 2019, the Company continued to use the Responsible Business Alliance, formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, and Global e-Sustainability Initiative’s (“RBA-GsSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). The Company contacted each supplier and requested that it complete the RBA-GsSI CMRT.

 

 

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Use of a Third-Party Platform for Responses, Support and Review

A third-party vendor was used to streamline this process by allowing suppliers to enter responses via the online RBA-GsSI CMRT. This vendor provided support for suppliers in completing the survey and also aggregated the data provided by suppliers so that the Company could review and analyze the data. The vendor also sent reminder emails to each non-responsive supplier requesting completion of the report.

Upon completion of the reports, the vendor then reviewed the responses for plausibility, consistency and gaps as identified in its procedures. It followed up by email or phone with suppliers that submitted a response that triggers specified quality control flags, for example, incomplete responses, failure to acknowledge the conflict minerals policy or listing a smelter in a Covered Country.

Responses from Suppliers

The Company requested that each supplier identify whether 3TGs are used in items produced for the Company, whether the minerals were recycled or scrap, and if not recycled or scrap, all the smelters in the supplier’s supply chain, including the name and country of the smelter, and whether those smelters had been validated as conflict-free in accordance with the CFSI program. The Company performed a good-faith review of the responses received from suppliers and performed an assessment of the data and requested additional information from suppliers as appropriate. All suppliers were asked to review the Conflict Minerals Policy and to sign a form acknowledging the policy.

The Company continued due diligence measures undertaken in 2018 for this 2019 reporting period, including:

 

   

Internal Management Team. The Company continued to have a cross-functional Conflict Minerals compliance team to oversee the diligence process, which consisted of key personnel in the following departments: Global Operations, Sustainable Development, Legal and Accounting.

 

   

External Resources. The Company also used specialist outside counsel and a third-party software platform to assist with RCOI and due diligence.

 

   

Data Collection and Retention. The Company used a software platform for its collection of information from suppliers regarding their use of 3TGs. The Company continued and continues to maintain these records on the software platform.

 

   

Reports to Senior Management. Members of the cross-functional Conflict Minerals compliance team periodically reported to the Company’s General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer on various aspects of the Company’s conflict minerals compliance program, including mitigation efforts, progress and effectiveness of the Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

   

Risk Management Plan. The Company continued to undertake risk mitigation efforts as deemed to be appropriate based on the findings of our supply chain risk assessment. We determined our risk mitigation efforts on a case-by-case basis, considering the particular facts and circumstances and risks identified.

 

 

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Section 6. Product Information

3TGs are necessary to the functionality of certain lighting and decorative accessories products that the Company contracts to be manufactured. The In-Scope Products are lighting and decorative accessories, including some seasonal merchandise, bath hardware, jewelry and tabletop items.

Section 7. Identified Suppliers of Products – Country of Origin Inquiry

Due diligence revealed that necessary 3TGs used in In-Scope Products were derived from the smelters identified below.

 

Smelter

  

Country

L’Orfebre S.A.

  

ANDORRA

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

  

AUSTRALIA

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

  

AUSTRALIA

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

  

AUSTRIA

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

  

AUSTRIA

Metallo Belgium N.V.

  

BELGIUM

Tony Goetz NV

  

BELGIUM

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

  

BELGIUM

EM Vinto

  

BOLIVIA

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

  

BOLIVIA

ACL Metais Eireli

  

BRAZIL

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

  

BRAZIL

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

  

BRAZIL

LSM Brasil S.A.

  

BRAZIL

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

Marsam Metals

  

BRAZIL

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

  

BRAZIL

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

  

BRAZIL

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

  

BRAZIL

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

Soft Metais Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

Super Ligas

  

BRAZIL

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

  

BRAZIL

 

 

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Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

  

CANADA

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

  

CANADA

Royal Canadian Mint

  

CANADA

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

  

CHILE

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

  

CHINA

Dongguan Best Alloys co.,ltd

  

CHINA

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

  

CHINA

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

  

CHINA

Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

  

CHINA

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

  

CHINA

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

  

CHINA

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

  

CHINA

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

  

CHINA

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

  

CHINA

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

  

CHINA

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

 

 

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Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

  

CHINA

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

  

CHINA

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

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

  

CHINA

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

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

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

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited

  

CHINA

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

  

CHINA

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

  

CHINA

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

RuiQiong China

  

CHINA

 

 

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Sanmenxia Chaoyang Technology Co., Ltd

  

CHINA

Sanmenxia Zhaoyang Sciene and Technology Ltd

  

CHINA

Shandong Humon Smelting Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Shenzhen Lvqitian solder technology co., ltd

  

CHINA

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

  

CHINA

SZSZL Technology Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Tongling Nonferrous Metal Group Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

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

  

CHINA

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., LTD

  

CHINA

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

  

CHINA

Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co. Ltd.

  

CHINA

Yushan xuang Dajin metalwork LTD

  

CHINA

Zhejiang suichang huijin non-ferrous metals limited company

  

CHINA

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

  

CHINA

Safina A.S.

  

CZECH REPUBLIC

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

  

ESTONIA

SAAMP

  

FRANCE

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

  

GERMANY

Aurubis AG

  

GERMANY

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

  

GERMANY

Degussa

  

GERMANY

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

  

GERMANY

Ges. Fuer Wolfram Industries mbH

  

GERMANY

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

  

GERMANY

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

  

GERMANY

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

  

GERMANY

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

  

GERMANY

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

  

GERMANY

 

 

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Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

  

GERMANY

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

  

GERMANY

Umicore Galvanotechnik GMBH

  

GERMANY

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

  

GERMANY

Bangalore Refinery

  

INDIA

CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.

  

INDIA

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

  

INDIA

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

  

INDIA

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

  

INDIA

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited

  

INDIA

Sai Refinery

  

INDIA

Sovereign Metals

  

INDIA

CV Ayi Jaya

  

INDONESIA

CV Dua Sekawan

  

INDONESIA

CV Gita Pesona

  

INDONESIA

CV Serumpun Sebalai

  

INDONESIA

CV Tiga Sekawan

  

INDONESIA

CV United Smelting

  

INDONESIA

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

  

INDONESIA

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

  

INDONESIA

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

  

INDONESIA

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

  

INDONESIA

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

  

INDONESIA

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

  

INDONESIA

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

  

INDONESIA

PT Bangka Prima Tin

  

INDONESIA

PT Bangka Serumpun

  

INDONESIA

PT Bangka Tin Industry

  

INDONESIA

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

  

INDONESIA

PT Bukit Timah

  

INDONESIA

PT DS Jaya Abadi

  

INDONESIA

PT Inti Stania Prima

  

INDONESIA

PT Karimun Mining

  

INDONESIA

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

  

INDONESIA

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera

  

INDONESIA

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

  

INDONESIA

PT Mitra Stania Prima

  

INDONESIA

PT Panca Mega Persada

  

INDONESIA

PT Prima Timah Utama

  

INDONESIA

PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa

  

INDONESIA

 

 

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PT Refined Bangka Tin

  

INDONESIA

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

  

INDONESIA

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

  

INDONESIA

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

  

INDONESIA

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

  

INDONESIA

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

  

INDONESIA

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

  

INDONESIA

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

  

INDONESIA

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

  

INDONESIA

PT Tommy Utama

  

INDONESIA

8853 S.p.A.

  

ITALY

Chimet S.p.A.

  

ITALY

Italpreziosi

  

ITALY

OGENKIDE Srl

  

ITALY

Safimet S.p.A

  

ITALY

T.C.A S.p.A

  

ITALY

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

  

JAPAN

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Asahi Pretec Corp.

  

JAPAN

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Chugai Mining

  

JAPAN

Dowa

  

JAPAN

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

  

JAPAN

H.C. Starck Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Japan Mint

  

JAPAN

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Liquidgold Japan

  

JAPAN

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

  

JAPAN

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

  

JAPAN

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

 

 

9


Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

  

JAPAN

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

  

JAPAN

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

  

KAZAKHSTAN

Kazzinc

  

KAZAKHSTAN

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

  

KAZAKHSTAN

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

  

KAZAKHSTAN

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

HeeSung Metal Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

KGETS CO., LTD.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

NH Recytech Company

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Samduck Precious Metals

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

SAMWON METALS Corp.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Torecom

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

  

KYRGYZSTAN

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

  

LITHUANIA

Power Resources Ltd.

  

MACEDONIA

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

  

MALAYSIA

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

  

MALAYSIA

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

  

MALAYSIA

Caridad

  

MEXICO

KEMET Blue Metals

  

MEXICO

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

  

MEXICO

Pongpipat Company Limited

  

MYANMAR

Remondis Argentia B.V.

  

NETHERLANDS

Morris and Watson

  

NEW ZEALAND

Minsur

  

PERU

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

  

PHILIPPINES

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

  

PHILIPPINES

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

  

PHILIPPINES

Fenix Metals

 

  

POLAND

 

10


KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

  

POLAND

Hydrometallurg, JSC

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

JSC Uralelectromed

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Moliren Ltd.

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Unecha Refractory metals plant

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

  

SAUDI ARABIA

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

  

SINGAPORE

AU Traders and Refiners

  

SOUTH AFRICA

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

  

SOUTH AFRICA

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

  

SPAIN

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

  

SPAIN

Sudan Gold Refinery

  

SUDAN

Boliden AB

  

SWEDEN

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

Metalor Technologies S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

PAMP S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

PX Precinox S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

Valcambi S.A.

  

SWITZERLAND

Lianyou Metals Co. Ltd.

  

TAIWAN

Rui Da Hung

  

TAIWAN

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

  

TAIWAN

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

  

TAIWAN

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

  

THAILAND

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

  

THAILAND

Thaisarco

  

THAILAND

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

  

THAILAND

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

  

TURKEY

Istanbul Gold Refinery

  

TURKEY

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

  

TURKEY

 

 

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African Gold Refinery

  

UGANDA

Al Etihad Gold LLC

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Emirates Gold DMCC

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Fujairah Gold FZC

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

International Precious Metal Refiners

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Kaloti Precious Metals

  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

  

UNITED STATES

Advanced Chemical Company

  

UNITED STATES

Alpha

  

UNITED STATES

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

CP Metals Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

D Block Metals, LLC

  

UNITED STATES

Exotech Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

Geib Refining Corporation

  

UNITED STATES

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

  

UNITED STATES

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

  

UNITED STATES

H.C. Starck Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

KEMET Blue Powder

  

UNITED STATES

Kennametal Fallon

  

UNITED STATES

Kennametal Huntsville

  

UNITED STATES

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

  

UNITED STATES

Materion

  

UNITED STATES

Metallic Resources, Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

  

UNITED STATES

Niagara Refining LLC

  

UNITED STATES

Pease & Curren

  

UNITED STATES

QG Refining, LLC

  

UNITED STATES

QuantumClean

  

UNITED STATES

Sabin Metal Corp.

  

UNITED STATES

Telex Metals

  

UNITED STATES

Tin Technology & Refining

  

UNITED STATES

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

  

UNITED STATES

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

  

UZBEKISTAN

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

  

UZBEKISTAN

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

  

VIET NAM

 

 

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Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

  

VIET NAM

Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company

  

VIET NAM

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

  

VIET NAM

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

  

VIET NAM

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

VIET NAM

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

  

VIET NAM

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

  

VIET NAM

UMICORE GAHANOTECHNIK GmbH.

  

VIET NAM

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

  

ZAMBIA

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

  

ZIMBABWE

The description of the Company’s due diligence exercise set forth above under the heading “Section 5. Due Diligence Procedures Performed” explains the Company’s efforts to determine the mine or location of origin with the greatest possible specificity.

Section 8. Future Efforts to Mitigate Risk

The Company intends to continuously improve upon its due diligence efforts related to 3TGs. The Company will continue to:

 

   

Use revised and updated versions of the CMRT for its survey tools;

 

   

Monitor and encourage the continued development and progress of traceability measures for suppliers; and

 

   

Engage with suppliers to provide responses or complete responses in 2020.

Section 9. Forward Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or are proven incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words, such as “intend” or the use of future tense. Statements concerning current conditions may also be forward-looking if they imply a continuation of current conditions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that the Company intends to take to mitigate risk with respect to 3TGs used in our products and that a smelter in a Covered Country was used by one of our suppliers, although we do not know whether 3TGs from that smelter were used in the products the supplier provided to us.

The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (1) the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by the Company’s

 

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direct, on a timely basis or at all, (2) whether suppliers and other market participants responsibly source 3TGs, and (3) political and regulatory developments, whether in the DRC region, the United States, or elsewhere. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of filing of this document. All forward-looking statements in this Report are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

 

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