“Conflict minerals” refers to metallic minerals that mainly come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or neighboring areas with illegal military conflicts through exploitative labor and mining operations in harsh working environments. The mining and sale of conflict minerals is controlled by armed groups to fund conflicts in neighboring areas. Obtaining metal products from conflict minerals is regarded as indirect support for procurement that violates humanitarian principles.
Scope
This policy applies to Dairen Chemical Corporation's affiliates and suppliers.
DCC remains committed to putting a responsible supply chain into practice and continues to contribute to the reduction of social, environmental and safety risks in the supply chain. DCC is committed to not purchasing conflict minerals and their products. At the same time, DCC also requires suppliers to work together to ensure that the responsible supply chain can be more comprehensive.
To ensure that products do not contain conflict minerals, DCC's main policies are as follows:
- Require suppliers to sign the “Chang Chun Group Supplier Code of Conduct” and promise that the supplied products do not contain conflict minerals.
- Before proceeding with procurement operations, it is confirmed whether the products provided by suppliers involve conflict minerals.
- Adhere to the "OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas" published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and conduct annual surveys of specific metal product suppliers based on the latest Conflict Mineral Report Template (CMRT) and Extended Minerals Reporting Template (EMRT) issued by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) to ensure the sources of the metals used comply with regulations.
