Coming 28 October, Dell is organising a Stakeholder Forum on Conflict Minerals for which key stakeholders from multiple industries are invited. The discussion will focus on issues and opportunities related to responsible sourcing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dell is soliciting feedback and insight on areas in which Dell and the EICC have been taking action. makeITfair will make use of the opportunity to bring the newest report 'Local voices must be heard' to the attention.

Coming 18 October, Dell is organising a Stakeholder Forum on Conflict Minerals for which key stakeholders from multiple industries are invited. The discussion will focus on issues and opportunities related to responsible sourcing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dell is soliciting feedback and insight on areas in which Dell and the EICC have been taking action. makeITfair will make use of the opportunity to bring the newest report 'Local voices must be heard' to the attention.

 

The programme includes:

  • Global Legislation Update by Erica Fensom, Government Relations, RIM/BlackBerry
  • Presentation on the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative by Karen Hayes, PACT
  • Presentation on the Smelter Audit Verification Process by Mike Loch, Director,
  • EHS Strategic Initiatives, Motorola (Update, End of year projection, Scalability to the 3T’s and Gold)
  • Update by Darren Fenwick, Senior Manager of Government Affairs, Enough Project
  • OECD Update by Lahra Liberti, OECD Legal Advisor
  • Update by Jeroen Cuvelier, Researcher, International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
  • Presentation on MakeIT Fair report by Tim Steinweg, Researcher, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
  • Working Session: EICC/GeSI Extractives Working Group goals for 2011, presentation by Mike Loch

 

 

Attendees are encouraged to tweet about the day’s discussions in order for those who can not attend the meeting at least follow the discussions.  Search on the #DellCSRParis hashtag!


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Contact Deborah Albers at [email protected] or Sasha Radovich at [email protected]