Exhibit 1.01
Conflict Minerals Report
For 2015, we have completed our analysis of the suppliers for our Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Echo, and related accessories (collectively, Kindle/Fire products). A majority of these suppliers certified that they: did not use gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum in parts or components for our Kindle/Fire products; did not source these minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, referred to as the DRC region; or sourced these minerals from a certified conflict-free smelter or refiner. The remaining suppliers are still completing investigations of their supply chains. As discussed in the Conclusion, for 2015, we identified no suppliers that were sourcing minerals through a supply chain that benefitted armed groups in the DRC region.
Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rules, we designed our due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum in our Kindle/Fire products in accordance with the OECD’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas Second Edition, and the related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold. We undertook the steps described below as part of our due diligence process:
Establish strong company management systems
We are committed to avoiding the use of minerals that have fueled conflict, and we expect our suppliers to support our efforts to identify the origin of gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum used in products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture. Our policy is reflected in our Supplier Code of Conduct, available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_cn?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200885140, which we communicate to our suppliers through our supplier screening process, contracts with suppliers, or by sending our suppliers a copy of the Supplier Code.
In 2012, we established a conflict minerals group, which includes representatives from supply chain management, social responsibility, legal, and internal audit. The group implemented a process to identify within Amazon’s businesses the products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture potentially containing gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum. Based on that process, we concluded that the conflict minerals rules applied to our Kindle/Fire products, and the group identified, engaged with, and made inquiries of, our suppliers that, based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry, we believed sourced gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum from the DRC region in 2015.
Identify and assess risk in the supply chain
Our conflict minerals due diligence is based on a survey process in which we request information from our Kindle/Fire suppliers through the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template prepared by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. In addition, at the end of 2015, we communicated with each of our suppliers to confirm the accuracy of the information provided in their most recent template.
The completed templates were reviewed by members of our conflict minerals group, and the findings were reported to senior management.
Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks; engagement with certain suppliers
If we became aware that a supplier for our Kindle/Fire products was sourcing gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum from the DRC region, we then reviewed the smelters or refiners identified by the supplier against lists of certified conflict-free facilities in order to determine whether the smelter or refiner that processed those minerals had been audited and certified as conflict-free by a reputable independent third party. We actively reviewed and discussed our policy regarding gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum with each supplier unable to determine the origin of gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum and we will continue evaluating the results of their efforts.
Report on supply chain due diligence
This report is publicly filed with the SEC and is available at www.amazon.com/ir.
Conclusion
While, for 2015, we identified no suppliers that were sourcing minerals through a supply chain that benefitted armed groups in the DRC region, some of the suppliers for our Kindle/Fire products are still working to determine country of origin and facility information, and other suppliers are still investigating whether the facilities they identified were used to process the gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum in our Kindle/Fire products. For suppliers that were unable to determine the sources of such minerals, we:
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| • | actively reviewed and discussed with each such supplier our policy regarding gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum, and |
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| • | will continue evaluating the results of their efforts in 2016 in order to mitigate the risk that minerals procured by any of our suppliers benefit armed groups in the DRC region. |
Annex A below includes a list of known smelters and refiners that may have processed gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum in the Kindle/Fire products, based on our review of data from several sources, including information reported to us by suppliers for our Kindle/Fire products that provided facility information and information obtained through engagement with processing facilities. Because many of the suppliers for our Kindle/Fire products that provided country of origin and facility information provided this information to us for their entire supply chain, without specifying which facilities contributed gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum used in components of the Kindle/Fire products, we are unable to validate the accuracy of the list in Annex A, including which of these facilities in fact processed the gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum used in the Kindle/Fire products.
Annex A
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| Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining And Metallurgical Complex (Ammc) | Uzbekistan |
| Gold | Alpha | United States |
| Gold | Argor Heraeus SA | Switzerland |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation | Japan |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Usa Inc. | United States |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Turkey |
| Gold | Aurubis AG | Germany |
| Gold | Central Bank of the Philippines | Philippines |
| Gold | Boliden AB | Sweden |
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany |
| Gold | CCR Refinery Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | Italy |
| Gold | Doduco | Germany |
| Gold | Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Eco System Recycling CO., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | United States |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany |
| Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | China |
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold And Silver Refinery Share Company Limited | China |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey |
| Gold | Japan Mint | Japan |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | China |
| Gold | Johnson Matthey Inc. | United States |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Kazzinc Inc. | Kazakhstan |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn Jsc | Kyrgyzstan |
| Gold | L' azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia |
| Gold | Materion Corporation | United States |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Singapore |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | Switzerland |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States |
| Gold | Minsur | Peru |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
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| Gold | Navoi Mining And Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Niihama Nickel Refinery | Japan |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | PAMP | Switzerland |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia |
| Gold | Pt Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | Indonesia |
| Gold | Px Précinox SA | Switzerland |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada |
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | Netherlands |
| Gold | Sempsa Joyeria Plateria SA | Spain |
| Gold | Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
| Gold | Shanghai Gold Exchange | Uzbekistan |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan |
| Gold | Thaisarco | Thailand |
| Gold | The Great Wall Gold And Silver Refinery Of China | China |
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd. | China |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand Ltd. | Thailand |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States |
| Gold | Valcambi SA | Switzerland |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | Australia |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Gold | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China |
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | China |
| Tantalum | A.L.M.T. Corp. | Japan |
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltery | China |
| Tantalum | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | United States |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro Materials Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Fir Metals & Resource Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH | Germany |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Gmbh Goslar | Germany |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Gmbh Laufenburg | Germany |
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| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf Gmbh | Germany |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | United States |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | Japan |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Hi Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | United States |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Kemet Blue Metals | Mexico |
| Tantalum | Kemet Blue Powder Corporation | United States |
| Tantalum | King Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil SA | Brazil |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd. | India |
| Tantalum | Mineração Taboca SA | Brazil |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | Estonia |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | Austria |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | Austria |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States |
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | Japan |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | United States |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant | Kazakhstan |
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | Asahi Solder Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | Indonesia |
| Tin | CV United Smelting | Indonesia |
| Tin | Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | Elemetal Refining, LLC | United States |
| Tin | Empresa Metallurgica Vinto | Bolivia |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China |
| Tin | Heimerle + Meule Gmbh | Germany |
| Tin | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | China |
| Tin | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | China |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Brazil |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | Malaysia |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas SA | Brazil |
| Tin | Mineração Taboca SA | Brazil |
| Tin | Minsur | Peru |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
| Tin | Mitsui Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines |
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| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical SA | Bolivia |
| Tin | Pt Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Justindo | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Refined Banka Tin | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
| Tin | Pt Sumber Jaya Indah | Indonesia |
| Tin | Pt Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | Indonesia |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan |
| Tin | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | Soft Metais, Ltda. | Brazil |
| Tin | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan |
| Tin | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan |
| Tin | Thaisarco | Thailand |
| Tin | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia | Brazil |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia E Mineração Ltda. | Brazil |
| Tin | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | China |
| Tin | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter Of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China |
| Tin | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tin | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | China |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | Japan |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Non ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd | China |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
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| Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | Germany |
| Tungsten | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | United States |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chun Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-Ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | United States |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | United States |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Countries of origin from which these facilities may source conflict minerals include:
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Canada
Chile
China
DRC - Congo (Kinshasa)
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Ghana
Guinea
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
