Prohibition of conflict minerals certificate

Fulfilling Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Conflict minerals refer to the four metals of tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold obtained through illegal mining from the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries in Central Africa. These illegal metals are often the main source of funds for local armed rebel organizations to purchase arms, fueling armed conflict and confrontation.

In recent years, many social and environmental issues caused by the raw materials and processes of manufacturing products have received international attention.

Tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold are the necessary materials for the functioning of electronic products, and are commonly used in resistors and capacitors, CPUs, hard disks, memories, motherboards, connectors, etc. However, in recent years, investigations by international organizations have found that metals obtained by illegal means of forced labor and abuse of child labor in the Central African Democratic Republic of the Congo and surrounding countries have been exchanged for weapons by local rebel groups, causing regional unrest. Therefore, such metals are called conflict minerals internationally.

Metals to be avoided come from conflict areas and social responsibility for human rights protection and environmental protection. Therefore, a conflict-free metal procurement policy in the supply chain has been specially formulated, requiring suppliers to gradually purchase metals from legal smelters to avoid problems such as labor abuse, coercion, abuse of child labor, and ecological damage caused by illegal mining.Our company supports and complies with the Responsible Mineral Initiative (RMI), and does not use conflict minerals mined through human rights abuse or armed coercion, especially tin, gold, tantalum, tin, gold, tantalum, etc. 4 kinds of tungsten minerals. Yufeng also follows the code of conduct regulated by the Responsible Business Alliance, and adopts the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) formulated by RMI to conduct 3TG due diligence reports in the supply chain.

In order to avoid the use of conflict minerals in raw materials, suppliers are required to sign a refusal to use conflict minerals from conflict areas in the "Long-Term Procurement General Contract". If a violation is found, the purchase contract may be terminated and the purchase order cancelled. Suppliers must confirm their ore sources and present the Prohibition of Conflict Minerals Statement or EICC Conflict-Free Smelter Program, London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and other relevant certifications, and must not refuse to provide information.