Exhibit 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2023 | ||
I.Introduction
This is the Conflict Minerals1 Report of Align Technology, Inc. (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) prepared for calendar year 2023 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Rule 13p-1 of the Act and SEC Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) under the Act (the “Adopting Release”). The reader is referred to these sources for the definitions of defined terms contained herein.
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, we undertook efforts to determine the presence and source of the conflict minerals within our products. The Company designed its efforts in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas2 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”) and related Supplements.
The statements below are based on the activities performed to date in good faith by the Company and are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of this filing. Factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving identification of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.
II.Overview
Company Profile
The Company is a global medical device company primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of Invisalign® clear aligners for the treatment of malocclusions, or the misalignment of teeth, by orthodontists and general dental practitioners (“GPs”), Vivera™ retainers for retention, iTero™ intraoral scanners and services for dentistry, and exocad™ computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (“CAD/CAM”) software for dental laboratories and dental practitioners.
We are subject to this rule as we have determined that, during 2023, conflict minerals were likely necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture. The Company, as a purchaser of component parts, is many steps removed from the mining of conflict
1 The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country.
2 OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264252479-en
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minerals. We do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and we conduct no purchasing activities directly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or adjoining countries.
Conflict Minerals Policy
The Company developed a policy statement to support the goals expressed by Congress in enacting Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The policy highlights the Company’s commitment to complying with the reporting and due diligence obligations required by the SEC rule and the Company’s expectations from its suppliers. In addition, the policy includes language encouraging suppliers to source responsibly and that we expect our suppliers to conduct the necessary inquiry and, where appropriate, additional due diligence to provide us with confirmation of the source of the materials used in their processes and ultimately contained in our product. The policy resides on our corporate website (https://investor.aligntech.com/corporate-gov/documents).
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information
We have conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or came from recycled or scrap sources.
The Company’s RCOI process included reviewing the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release and conducting an inquiry of our direct suppliers of the in-scope products using the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). Based on the results of our RCOI which indicated sourcing from the DRC or an adjoining country, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Our due diligence efforts are discussed further in this Conflict Minerals Report.
Due Diligence Program Design
The Company designed its conflict minerals program to conform, in all material respects, with the five-step framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold, specifically as they relate to our position in the minerals supply chain as a “downstream” company:
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner's due diligence practices
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence.
III.Due Diligence Measures Performed by The Company
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The following describes the measures taken to reasonably determine the country of origin and to exercise due diligence in the mineral supply chain in conformance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
a.Conflict minerals team – The Company established a conflict minerals team that includes individuals from the relevant business units and departments, including compliance, finance, procurement, sales, and legal. The team was structured to include the involvement from those in upper management roles to help ensure that critical information, including the Company’s conflict minerals policy, reached relevant employees and suppliers.
b.Conflict minerals policy – The Company adopted and published a policy establishing the expectations of our suppliers. The policy resides on our corporate website (https://investor.aligntech.com/corporate-gov/documents).
c.Internal engagement – We developed a training program to educate employees on our conflict minerals process, the goals of our program, and our reporting obligations as a supplier and a public filer.
d.Supplier engagement –Suppliers are routinely informed of the conflict minerals disclosure requirements as well as recommendations for developing, implementing, and documenting a conflict minerals compliance program. Stakeholders can communicate directly and confidentially with our compliance officer.
e.Company level grievance mechanism – As recommended by the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Company has a grievance mechanism in place as a risk-awareness system for conflict minerals issues. The policy statement provides a contact for internal and external stakeholders to reach out to regarding questions and concerns.
f.Records management – The Company will maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with the recommended record retention guidelines of five years.
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
We performed the following steps as part of our risk assessment process:
a.Identified products in scope – Our conflict minerals team conducted a detailed review of the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release.
b.Conducted RCOI – The Company utilized the most recent version of the industry-developed CMRT to query our suppliers for conflict minerals information. We requested this information from the Tier 1 suppliers who provide materials and components for the products deemed in-scope by our conflict minerals team. We evaluated the responses from the templates submitted by our suppliers to determine our reporting obligation based on this RCOI. See Appendix I for a list of countries of origin identified through the RCOI process.
c.Completed additional follow-up – The Company contacted direct suppliers multiple times to request detailed conflict minerals information. We also worked to clarify and validate the accuracy of information provided by our suppliers.
d.Identified smelters or refiners (“SORs”) – The Company compiled a list of SORs in our supply chain using our suppliers’ responses in their CMRTs. The Company reconciled this list to the list of smelter
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facilities designated by the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”). The RMAP completes independent, third-party audits of smelters and refiners to determine which can be validated as having systems in place that help ensure the minerals are responsibly sourced according to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. The company also utilized information provided by the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”), and Responsible Jewelry Council (“RJC”) cross-recognition audit programs. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers’ smelters lists to the list of RMI SORs. We have provided that list in this report within section IV – Product Description; Processing Facilities.
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
We performed the following steps as part of our risk management plan:
a.Reported results to senior management – As necessary, the Conflict Minerals team reports the results of our RCOI to upper management which included the team’s plan to respond to risks identified in the due diligence processes.
b.Designed and implemented a plan – The Company used established risk rating criteria to evaluate suppliers based on the responses provided within their CMRT as well as any additional documentation furnished to support those responses and the suppliers’ due diligence processes. The resulting risk ratings were used to develop specific supplier outreach and training to address the identified risks and to take corrective actions with suppliers determined not to be in compliance with the Company’s conflict minerals policy. Further actions will include additional outreach to suppliers who failed to respond to our multiple requests for information; provided inconsistent, ambiguous, incomplete, or erroneous information, or indicated they had received responses from less than 50% of their in-scope suppliers. Our team further reviews the responses to verify the validity of SORs reported by our suppliers, the audit status of such SORs and the country of origin of the minerals processed at such facilities.
c.Identified SORs – As part of the risk mitigation process, the Company reconciled the list of SORs collected from suppliers to the list of smelter facilities validated by the RMI. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers’ smelters lists to the list of RMI SORs.
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner's due diligence practices
The Company is using information provided by independent third party audit programs, including the RMI RMAP, LBMA, and RJC, to confirm the existence and verify the OECD-conformance status of SORs identified during our due diligence.
For smelters that had not been audited as conformant, the Company sent a communication to encourage participation in the RMAP and requested the SOR to provide the mines and/or locations the SOR sources from to assist in identifying all countries of origin.
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
Accordingly, this Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available through our website at http://investor.aligntech.com/sec.cfm.
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IV.Product Description; Processing Facilities
Product Description – The Company has two operating segments: (1) Clear Aligner, which includes the Invisalign System; and (2) Imaging Systems and CAD/CAM Services ("SCCS"), which includes the Company’s iTero intraoral scanners and services for dentistry and exocad computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (“CAD/CAM”) software for dental laboratories and dental practitioners.
Processing Facilities – Based on our due diligence process and the information received from our suppliers, the following facilities were identified by the Company’s suppliers as the smelters and refiners of the tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold present in and necessary to the functionality of products manufactured by the Company in the calendar year ended December 31, 2023. The information from our suppliers is still evolving and may contain company-level declarations. As such, this smelter list is presented in good faith as the best information we have to date. For 2023, we identified 254 SORs in our supply chain, 220 have been audited as conformant with the RMAP. This list may contain smelters that are not actually in our supply chain and/or there may be other smelters not yet identified in our due diligence process. We will continue to update the list as our information and the relevant third-party data from RMI, LBMA, and RJC becomes known.
| Metal | Smelter Name | Country | Smelter ID | ||||||||
| Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | ITALY | CID002763 | ||||||||
| Gold | ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. | AUSTRALIA | CID002920 | ||||||||
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002708 | ||||||||
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000015 | ||||||||
| Gold | Agosi AG | GERMANY | CID000035 | ||||||||
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| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | CID002030 | ||||||||
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000019 | ||||||||
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000401 | ||||||||
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002560 | ||||||||
| Gold | Alexy Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003500 | ||||||||
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | CID000041 | ||||||||
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | CID000082 | ||||||||
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | CID000058 | ||||||||
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001947 | ||||||||
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000077 | ||||||||
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA | CID000924 | ||||||||
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000920 | ||||||||
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000090 | ||||||||
| Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | INDIA | CID003461 | ||||||||
| Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | CID000113 | ||||||||
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | CID002863 | ||||||||
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | CID000128 | ||||||||
| Gold | Boliden Ronnskar | SWEDEN | CID000157 | ||||||||
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000176 | ||||||||
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | CID000185 | ||||||||
| Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000189 | ||||||||
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | CID000233 | ||||||||
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | CID002224 | ||||||||
| Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001916 | ||||||||
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | CID000264 | ||||||||
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | CID000343 | ||||||||
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000359 | ||||||||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | JAPAN | CID000425 | ||||||||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | JAPAN | CID003424 | ||||||||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | JAPAN | CID003425 | ||||||||
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002561 | ||||||||
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002243 | ||||||||
| Gold | GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | INDIA | CID002852 | ||||||||
| Gold | Gold by Gold Colombia | COLOMBIA | CID003641 | ||||||||
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | CID002312 | ||||||||
| Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000689 | ||||||||
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | CID000694 | ||||||||
| Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000711 | ||||||||
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | CID000707 | ||||||||
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000801 | ||||||||
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000807 | ||||||||
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | CID000814 | ||||||||
| Gold | Italpreziosi | ITALY | CID002765 | ||||||||
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| Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN | CID000823 | ||||||||
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000855 | ||||||||
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000937 | ||||||||
| Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000957 | ||||||||
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000969 | ||||||||
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND | CID002511 | ||||||||
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002100 | ||||||||
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000981 | ||||||||
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002605 | ||||||||
| Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | CID002762 | ||||||||
| Gold | LS MnM Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001078 | ||||||||
| Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001113 | ||||||||
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001119 | ||||||||
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001798 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID003575 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | CID001161 | ||||||||
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | CID001980 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001153 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001149 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | CID001152 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001147 | ||||||||
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001157 | ||||||||
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001188 | ||||||||
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001193 | ||||||||
| Gold | MKS PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND | CID001352 | ||||||||
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID002509 | ||||||||
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | CID001220 | ||||||||
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | CID001236 | ||||||||
| Gold | NH Recytech Company | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003189 | ||||||||
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001259 | ||||||||
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | CID002779 | ||||||||
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001325 | ||||||||
| Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE | CID002919 | ||||||||
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | CID001397 | ||||||||
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001498 | ||||||||
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID001512 | ||||||||
| Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | NETHERLANDS | CID002582 | ||||||||
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | CID001534 | ||||||||
| Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE | CID002761 | ||||||||
| Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | CID002973 | ||||||||
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECHIA | CID002290 | ||||||||
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001555 | ||||||||
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| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | CID001585 | ||||||||
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001619 | ||||||||
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001622 | ||||||||
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | CID001875 | ||||||||
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001736 | ||||||||
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID002516 | ||||||||
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001761 | ||||||||
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002918 | ||||||||
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | CID002580 | ||||||||
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001938 | ||||||||
| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | CID002615 | ||||||||
| Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001955 | ||||||||
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | CID002314 | ||||||||
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001993 | ||||||||
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID002003 | ||||||||
| Gold | WEEEREFINING | FRANCE | CID003615 | ||||||||
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | CID002778 | ||||||||
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002129 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | AMG Brasil | BRAZIL | CID001076 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002504 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | CID000460 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | CID002505 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | CID002558 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002557 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED | CHINA | CID000616 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID002544 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Materion Newton Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002548 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002549 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002550 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH | GERMANY | CID002545 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002492 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002512 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | CID002842 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000914 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000917 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002506 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | KEMET de Mexico | MEXICO | CID002539 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID001163 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001175 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001192 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | CID001200 | ||||||||
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| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001277 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001508 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002707 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001522 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003583 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001869 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001891 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID001969 | ||||||||
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002508 | ||||||||
| Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000292 | ||||||||
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | CID002703 | ||||||||
| Tin | Aurubis Beerse | BELGIUM | CID002773 | ||||||||
| Tin | Aurubis Berango | SPAIN | CID002774 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA | CID001428 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA | CID001460 | ||||||||
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002158 | ||||||||
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000228 | ||||||||
| Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003190 | ||||||||
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001070 | ||||||||
| Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002180 | ||||||||
| Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003486 | ||||||||
| Tin | CRM Synergies | SPAIN | CID003524 | ||||||||
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA | CID002570 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA | CID000309 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Premium Tin Indonesia | INDONESIA | CID000313 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq | INDONESIA | CID002593 | ||||||||
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID002455 | ||||||||
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000402 | ||||||||
| Tin | DS Myanmar | MYANMAR | CID003831 | ||||||||
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID000438 | ||||||||
| Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL | CID000448 | ||||||||
| Tin | Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID003582 | ||||||||
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | CID000468 | ||||||||
| Tin | Minsur | PERU | CID001182 | ||||||||
| Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003410 | ||||||||
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000538 | ||||||||
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001908 | ||||||||
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000555 | ||||||||
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003116 | ||||||||
| Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002844 | ||||||||
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | CID001105 | ||||||||
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001191 | ||||||||
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| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA | CID001482 | ||||||||
| Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | CHINA | CID001231 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | CID001477 | ||||||||
| Tin | Luna Smelter, Ltd. | RWANDA | CID003387 | ||||||||
| Tin | Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003379 | ||||||||
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002468 | ||||||||
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | CID002500 | ||||||||
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001142 | ||||||||
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001173 | ||||||||
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM | CID002015 | ||||||||
| Tin | Mining Minerals Resources SARL | CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE | CID004065 | ||||||||
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002858 | ||||||||
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002573 | ||||||||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID001314 | ||||||||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002517 | ||||||||
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID001337 | ||||||||
| Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | MYANMAR | CID003208 | ||||||||
| Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | INDIA | CID003409 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | CID001399 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA | CID002503 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID001402 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | INDONESIA | CID001406 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA | CID002776 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Bangka Serumpun | INDONESIA | CID003205 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA | CID001419 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA | CID001421 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA | CID002696 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA | CID002835 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | CID001453 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | INDONESIA | CID003449 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA | CID001457 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA | CID001458 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) | INDONESIA | CID003868 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID003381 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA | CID001463 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID001468 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur (SIM) | INDONESIA | CID002816 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA | CID001490 | ||||||||
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA | CID001493 | ||||||||
| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002706 | ||||||||
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001539 | ||||||||
| Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | CID002756 | ||||||||
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| Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND | CID001898 | ||||||||
| Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003325 | ||||||||
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002574 | ||||||||
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002036 | ||||||||
| Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003397 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | JAPAN | CID000004 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL | CID002833 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID002502 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000105 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000218 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch | CHINA | CID002513 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002641 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000258 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003468 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003609 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002315 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002494 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003417 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000568 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002542 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY | CID002541 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000769 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000766 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000825 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002551 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002321 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002318 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002317 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002316 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000966 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID003407 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002319 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials | VIET NAM | CID002543 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002589 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002827 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID003993 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA | CID002044 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002320 | ||||||||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002082 | ||||||||
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V.Future Due Diligence
We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our direct suppliers. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information available globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. If we become aware of a supplier whose due diligence needs improvement, we may continue the trade relationship while that supplier improves its compliance program. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to help ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.
In addition to those above, the Company will undertake the following steps during the next compliance period:
•Review the conflict minerals policy statement and make any appropriate updates, as necessary.
•Review supplier and employee training materials and make any appropriate updates, as necessary.
•Continue to request clarifications and collect responses from suppliers using the most recent revision of the CMRT.
•Engage with suppliers that did not provide a response in 2023 or provided inconsistent, ambiguous, incomplete, or erroneous responses to enhance our data collection for 2024.
•Monitor and track performance of risk mitigation efforts, including the performance of suppliers deemed high-risk.
•Continue to engage with smelters by sending letters to those that have not been audited as conformant.
•Continue to send messages to our suppliers to engage with smelters that have not been audited as conformant.
•Collect from suppliers product-level or user-defined level responses when useful.
•Compare and validate RCOI results to information collected via independent third-party audit programs, such as the RMI, and through our Company’s own coordinated outreach to smelters.
•Encourage responsible sourcing from the DRC and adjoining countries.
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APPENDIX I – Countries of Origin
The information provided in this Appendix is based on the information collected from the Company’s suppliers.
| Australia | Mozambique | ||||
| Austria | Myanmar | ||||
| Benin | Nicaragua | ||||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Niger | ||||
| Brazil | Nigeria | ||||
| Burundi | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Canada | Peru | ||||
| Chile | Philippines | ||||
| China | Portugal | ||||
| Colombia | Russian Federation | ||||
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Rwanda | ||||
| Ethiopia | Sierra Leone | ||||
| France | South Africa | ||||
| Ghana | Spain | ||||
| Guinea | Sweden | ||||
| Guyana | Tanzania | ||||
| Indonesia | Thailand | ||||
| Kazakhstan | Uganda | ||||
| South Korea | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||||
| Laos | United States of America | ||||
| Madagascar | Uzbekistan | ||||
| Malaysia | Vietnam | ||||
| Mexico | Zimbabwe | ||||
| Mongolia | |||||
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