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Reporting Conflict Minerals for 2024
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) has released updated guidance and templates to help further standardize data collection related to minerals sourcing. The updated Conflict Minerals Reporting Template and Extended Minerals Reporting Template facilitate the sharing of information related to key minerals used in the manufacture of electronic components, enabling companies to meet regulatory disclosure obligations and develop sustainable sourcing strategies.
Conflict Minerals Reporting
The Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) is a free template created and maintained by RMI to standardize data sharing related to the so-called ‘3TG’ minerals, including These minerals are sourced from many regions, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (“Conflict Affected and High-Risk Areas” or “CAHRAs”). In the CAHRAs, the extraction and processing of minerals may directly or indirectly contribute to the conflict and associated human rights violations.
The United States and the European Union have each adopted regulations aimed at improving supply chain transparency in Conflict Minerals sourcing and creating accountability within the private sector for responsible sourcing practices.
While the regulations differ in scope, both require companies to perform due diligence and report on the sourcing of Conflict Minerals in their supply chains. The CMRT can be used to aggregate the relevant data on country of origin and whether smelters and refiners in the supply chain are “conflict free.”
Download the most current CMRT, version 6.4, below:
Extended Minerals Reporting
RMI’s Extended Minerals Reporting Template (“EMRT”) facilitates data collection and sharing related to cobalt and mica (“Extended Minerals”). The sourcing of Extended Minerals raises similar risks to 3TG, with extraction associated with forced labor and funding militant groups in conflict-affected areas.
Extended Minerals are common in electronics, and industry members pursuing responsible sourcing strategies may use the EMRT to identify minerals sourced from CAHRAs that are not “conflict-free.” RMI has also announced that its plans to expand the list of minerals covered by the EMRT in 2025, adding copper, graphite, lithium and nickel.
Download the latest EMRT, version 1.3, below:
Check Your ACL & BOMS to Learn Which Components Contain Conflict Minerals
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