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U.S. Appellate Court Says Disclosure of Conflict Minerals Violates Free Speech
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that a section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) conflict minerals reporting rule violates the First...
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SEC Chair Says Companies Must File Conflict Minerals Reports by May 31 Deadline
On April 29, 2014, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White told members of the House Financial Services Committee that the agency will continue to implement the conflict...
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SEC Issues Conflict Minerals Reporting Guidance; Petitioners File for Stay
Following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White’s April 29, 2014 statement to members of the House Financial Services Committee that the agency will continue to implement...
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IPC Highlights Small Business Difficulties with Conflict Minerals Due...
At the OECD-UN-ICGLR GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, May 26–28 in Paris, IPC Director of Government Relations and Environmental Policy Fern Abrams spoke on conflict minerals due...
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Participate in Tulane University’s Conflict Minerals Post-filing Survey
In 2011, Tulane University estimated the projected cost of conflict minerals compliance upon companies to be $7.93 billion. Your participation in Tulane University’s post-filing survey will help...
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Reminder: Participate in Tulane’s Conflict Minerals Post-filing Survey
Many of you are aware of, and some of you have participated in, Tulane’s anonymous conflict minerals post-filing survey, which aims to reveal the realities of Dodd-Frank Section 1502 regulatory...
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Hopes for Court Action on Conflict Minerals Set Back by Recent U.S. Court of...
The July 29 U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on a food industry challenge to federal meat labeling requirements was being carefully watched by industries affected by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
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Department of Commerce Publishes Conflict Mineral Smelter List
On September 5, 2014, The U.S. Department of Commerce published a list of known conflict mineral processing facilities, as required under Section 1502(d)(3)(C) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
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Experts Question Conflict Minerals Action
While advocacy groups have made conflict minerals a centerpiece of their campaign to stop human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a recent open letter by a group of 70 policy...
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Industry Survey Reveals Significant Cost for Conflict Minerals Compliance
The first year of conflict minerals reporting has come and gone, but how much did it cost? What lessons have we learned? A comprehensive Tulane University survey of 2013 issuers shows average costs per...
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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to Rehear Conflict Minerals Case
Yesterday, Tuesday, November 18, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to rehear a case challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) conflict...
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EU MEPs and NGOs Call for Mandatory EU Conflict Minerals Requirements
On Thursday, December 4, 2014, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade held a hearing to discuss proposed legislation on conflict minerals. The hearing “Trade in Minerals Originating...
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European Union Parliament Moving Forward on Conflict Minerals Legislation
During the last week of January, I met with policy advisors for the European Parliament (EP) Socialists & Democrats (S&D), Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and European...
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IPC and Other Associations Issue Joint Statement on EU Conflict Minerals...
On March 30, 2015, in anticipation of the upcoming European Union Parliament Committee on International Trade vote on proposed conflict minerals legislation, IPC, along with AmCham EU, the European...
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Tulane University Conducts Conflict Minerals Market Impact Survey of Entire...
IPC members and many other companies are continuing to be burdened by compliance with U.S. conflict minerals regulations, while Europe contemplates its own conflict minerals regulations. In a...
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EU Parliament International Trade Committee Votes for Mandatory Conflict...
Last week, on April 14, the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament (INTA) voted on amendments to the EU’s conflict minerals regulation that were proposed by its members. The INTA...
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Conflict Minerals Legislation Moving Forward in the EU
Last week, I attended the ICGLR-OECD-UN Group of Experts Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains. The meeting, which was held two weeks in advance of the European Union (EU) Parliament Plenary vote...
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EU Parliament Votes for Mandatory Conflict Minerals Requirements
The European Parliament unexpectedly voted today to require mandatory conflict minerals certification by companies in the European Union (EU). The European Parliament voted 402 in favor versus 118...
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Take Action Now to Stop Costly EU Conflict Minerals Directive
In May, the EU Parliament (EP) overwhelmingly passed regulations requiring the mandatory certification and reporting of conflict minerals throughout the supply chain. Under the proposed regulation, EU...
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Court Backs Companies’ Free Speech Over Conflict Minerals
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declared on August 18 that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cannot force public companies to declare whether their...
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