Conflict Minerals: Never Heard of Them? Public Companies Better Listen Up
Chances are, you had never heard of conflict minerals less than a year ago. In July, the Securities and Exchange Commission thrust this esoteric phrase into the national conversation when it finalized...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: the Conflict Between Ethics and Profits
The recently promulgated Conflict Minerals* due-diligence requirements (Rule “1502”) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are a unique confluence of what detractors see as political interference...
View ArticleConflict Minerals – Not Your Typical Compliance Rule
Conflict Minerals Rule On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued the Conflict Minerals Rule (see Exchange Act Rule 13p-1), a new disclosure and reporting requirement concerning the use of tantalum, tin,...
View ArticleFirst Steps Toward Building a Conflict Minerals Compliance Program
On Aug. 22, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that are likely to impact the operations of thousands of companies whose securities are traded in the United States....
View ArticleConflict Minerals and the Importance of Transparency in Supply Chain Management
In today’s global marketplace, raw materials are increasingly produced or mined in developing countries and shipped to production sites located thousands of miles away. Distribution from far-away...
View ArticleCompanies Should Not Delay Compliance With Conflict Minerals Reporting...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule on conflict minerals (Conflict Minerals Rule) entered into effect on January 1, 2013. The rule directly or indirectly imposes new requirements...
View ArticleReading the Tea Leaves from the Oral Arguments in the Conflict Minerals Rule...
The legal challenge by several business groups to the Conflict Minerals Rule (“Rule”) may be gaining some traction. During oral argument of their appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their...
View ArticleWinning the War Against Conflict Minerals
Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2006 blockbuster, “Blood Diamond,” helped raise awareness for conflict diamonds being mined and sold from African war zones. Conditions in these mines are often deplorable, with...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: Compliance Considerations and Takeaways
with contributing author Thomas Larned Most of us equate the term “conflict minerals” with blood diamonds mined in a war-ravaged country and used to finance armed conflict and human rights violations....
View ArticleConflict Minerals – Compliance Update
with contributing author Tom Larned By now, businesses (manufacturing or retail) that are engaged in the global marketplace in areas ranging from telecommunications and industrial equipment to...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: Never Heard of Them? Public Companies Better Listen Up
Chances are, you had never heard of conflict minerals less than a year ago. In July, the Securities and Exchange Commission thrust this esoteric phrase into the national conversation when it finalized...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: the Conflict Between Ethics and Profits
The recently promulgated Conflict Minerals* due-diligence requirements (Rule “1502”) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are a unique confluence of what detractors see as political interference...
View ArticleConflict Minerals – Not Your Typical Compliance Rule
Conflict Minerals Rule On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued the Conflict Minerals Rule (see Exchange Act Rule 13p-1), a new disclosure and reporting requirement concerning the use of tantalum, tin,...
View ArticleFirst Steps Toward Building a Conflict Minerals Compliance Program
On Aug. 22, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that are likely to impact the operations of thousands of companies whose securities are traded in the United States....
View ArticleConflict Minerals and the Importance of Transparency in Supply Chain Management
In today’s global marketplace, raw materials are increasingly produced or mined in developing countries and shipped to production sites located thousands of miles away. Distribution from far-away...
View ArticleCompanies Should Not Delay Compliance With Conflict Minerals Reporting...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule on conflict minerals (Conflict Minerals Rule) entered into effect on January 1, 2013. The rule directly or indirectly imposes new requirements...
View ArticleReading the Tea Leaves from the Oral Arguments in the Conflict Minerals Rule...
The legal challenge by several business groups to the Conflict Minerals Rule (“Rule”) may be gaining some traction. During oral argument of their appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their...
View ArticleWinning the War Against Conflict Minerals
Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2006 blockbuster, “Blood Diamond,” helped raise awareness for conflict diamonds being mined and sold from African war zones. Conditions in these mines are often deplorable, with...
View ArticleConflict Minerals: Compliance Considerations and Takeaways
with contributing author Thomas Larned Most of us equate the term “conflict minerals” with blood diamonds mined in a war-ravaged country and used to finance armed conflict and human rights violations....
View ArticleConflict Minerals – Compliance Update
with contributing author Tom Larned By now, businesses (manufacturing or retail) that are engaged in the global marketplace in areas ranging from telecommunications and industrial equipment to...
View Article