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The use of potential conflict minerals
The use of potential conflict minerals
Apple also claimed that it had worked “aggressively to prevent the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] hiring of underage workers” through education, holding third party recruiters accountable, and by equipping manufacturing facilities with “stronger age-verification tools.”
The last major point in the report is in the area of “conflict materials,” which are raw materials used in the manufacturing process that could include sources that are [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] either in armed conflict or are subject to human rights abuses, such as slave labor or near slave labor. Apple’s report said that the company has identified those materials and sourced them to insure that they are not coming from such areas.
“We mapped the use of potential conflict minerals in our supply chain,” Apple wrote. “We identified 142 Apple suppliers that use tantalum,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tin, tungsten, or gold to manufacture components for Apple products and the 109 smelters they source from. Apple is also at the forefront of a [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] joint effort with the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition EICC and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative GeSI that will help our suppliers source conflict-free materials.”
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