"Updated on August 29, 2019
...Exercise of Due Diligence on Four Minerals
Sony has designed an internal due diligence framework to determine the country of origin and chain of custody for four minerals in its supply chain. This due diligence framework is designed to conform, in all material respects, to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Sony endeavors to ensure that its products do not contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold from sources that benefit armed rebel groups in the DRC or the adjoining region, while at the same time making sure that it is still able to source responsibly from that region and avoid a de facto embargo, by requiring suppliers to source materials from smelters determined to be compliant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP)*1 of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI),*2 which was established by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA),*2 or other smelters that have been determined to be conflict-free smelters or determined to be conflict-free under other trusted traceability projects.
*1 Responsible Minerals Assurance Process: A voluntary program in which an independent third party evaluates a smelter's procurement activities and determines if the smelter has demonstrated that all the materials it processed originated from sources which have been determined not to be contributing to conflicts or serious human rights abuses. *2In October 2017, Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) was rebranded as the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), and the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) was also rebranded as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI).
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