Managing Conflict Minerals in Your Supply Chain

 

What to expect

• Understand the expanding regulatory landscape covering battery minerals like Cobalt and Mica alongside traditional 3TG (Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten, Gold), while addressing broader ESG risks such as child labor and environmental impact.
• Master the execution of standard reporting templates (specifically CMRT for 3TG and EMRT for Cobalt and Mica) including consolidating supplier responses into a single company-level declaration and fixing errors.
• Follow a structured 7-step survey workflow to establish internal teams, trace product materials using BOM data, issue requests to suppliers, verify smelters against RMI and RMAP audit lists, execute risk mitigation, report to buyers, and retain records for 5+ years.
• Acquire practical techniques for managing supply chain gaps, including phased escalation steps, supplier capacity building, Corrective Action Plans (CAP), and business relationship reviews for uncooperative suppliers or unknown smelters.
• Discover how transparent "reasonable effort" reporting builds buyer trust, prioritizing accurate progress tracking, formal policy creation, and documented continuous improvement over immediate perfection.

Who should attend

Attend if you are a Secaro customer, partner, or stakeholder, a sustainability professional, or anyone interested in understanding the expanding regulatory landscape covering battery minerals.