Conflict minerals update: what electronics manufacturers should know

We promised to keep you up-to-date with the evolving cycle of regulation around the use of Conflict Minerals in electronics manufacturing, and there’s much to divulge. In my last blog post on the subject, I described the aims and reporting requirements of Section 1502 of, to give it its full title, ‘The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’. Here I will provide an update on recent developments regarding the legislation and its considered effects. The Dodd-Frank Act in brief As you will remember from our first blog on conflict minerals, the original purpose of the Act was the need to respond to the poor financial regulations that existed at the time of the Enron/Arthur Anderson bankruptcy scandals and the 2008 financial crisis. The inclusion of a section on these minerals was a surprise to many, being related more to human rights, corporate social responsibility and foreign trade policy than financial regulation.

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