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Nearly 200 company representatives from several industry sectors participated in our first-ever 91pro视频 Sustainability Series 鈥 product policy and compliance seminars held in Round Rock, Tex., Santa Clara, Calif., and Schaumburg, Ill. Many thanks to our hosts 鈥 Dell, Intel, and Motorola Solutions, respectively 鈥 and to the diverse speakers who shared their expertise at the seminars. We presented the seminars [...]
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Four U.S. Senators 鈥 two Democratic, two Republican 鈥 have joined in introducing a Senate resolution calling for stronger diplomatic engagement to bring peace to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., and Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have united to send a clear message that a lasting solution [...]
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Earlier this afternoon, I testified before a congressional subcommittee on what policy insiders refer to as Dodd-Frank Section 1502. Translated, that鈥檚 a provision in the 2010 financial reform law that requires publicly traded companies to disclose through a Securities and Exchange Commission report whether they source specific minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. [...]
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This past Wednesday in Brussels, the European Union (EU) hosted a 鈥淲orkshop on a possible comprehensive 鈥楨U initiative on minerals originating from conflict areas鈥.鈥 This particular forum was limited to EU officials and invited experts from the OECD, academia, civil society and the business community. The EU will likely advance the initiative in 2013, first with a public consultation and subsequently [...]