Remove 2013 Remove Congo Remove Sourcing Remove Supplier Management
article thumbnail

Three Steps for Conflict Mineral Compliance

Supply Chain Network

The first deadline regarding last year’s SEC Conflict Minerals Rule is fast-approaching on January 31 – and companies are scrambling to report what conflict minerals – gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and surrounding countries – have entered their supply chains since the start of 2013.

article thumbnail

Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in 2013 serves as an extreme example of the human toll and other costs resulting from a supply chain failure. Now they want to know what acre of land it was grown on, the source of the water and the living conditions of the workers.”