CASE STUDIES
Major brand: assess suppliers’ conflict minerals reporting
Raising standards of conflict minerals reporting
Due to the restrictions on travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the assessments were delivered remotely. Kumi’s team of responsible supply chain consultants carried out activities including:
- Interviews with relevant company management.
- Review of conflict minerals policy and other relevant documents, including workbooks and completed conflict minerals reporting templates (CMRTs).
- Review of processes for requesting and obtaining CMRT data from upstream suppliers and a review of processes taken to validate the accuracy of information received (including checks on smelter and/or refiner identification).
- Review of supplier due diligence steps taken if/when non-conformant smelters/refiners are identified.
- Review of internal processes for consolidating the information received.
Final deliverables included a report providing key findings and recommendations for performance improvement for distribution, by the brand, to the assessed supplier, and a summary report for the brand’s management with comparative performance benchmarking of the assessed suppliers and prioritised recommendations for next steps.
