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Need Help?
Please contact the following EICC staff at AMS for information or assistance. They can be reached by phone at 202-457-8404
Operations: John Flatley
Communications: Brad Cameron
Membership Services: Carrie Hoffman or Grant Feichtinger
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Want to Include Something?
Please submit information you want to share with EICC members to Grant Feichtinger by 2 PM EDT on Tuesdays. Submissions should include:
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Update the Bulletin Contact List
The Weekly Bulletin is sent to EICC primary and secondary contacts. If you would like to know who at your company is receiving the Bulletin, or if your company needs to add or remove someone from the Weekly Bulletin distribution list, please contact Grant Feichtinger. | |
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From the Board
The Board took the following action this week:
- Finalized the May 6 EICC meeting agenda (see agenda below).
- Reviewed planning for the June China Supplier meeting.
- Amended the EICC Bylaws to accommodate the upcoming Board election. The changes reduce the notification period for elections from 60 days to 14 days, and make other adjustments to facilitate the association's realignment.
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Validated Audit Process Launch
April 30, 2009 marks the launch of the EICC-GeSI Validated Audit Process (VAP) for 2009. The schedule for the VAP 2009 China cycle has been set and is provided with additional information and contract templates located HERE. If you do not have access to the SharePoint site, contact Grant Feichtinger. To get started we would like to highlight three critical dates:
- Email your intent to participate in the VAP to Phylmar@eicc.info by May 14, 2009.
- Prepare for the audit selection Process by having your companies specific auditee list ready by May 15, 2009.
- Review the EICC non-disclosure agreement and the EICC Audit Purchase Base Agreement, and sign and return by May 21, 2009 to Phylmar@eicc.info.
Future regional cycles will be announced through the Bulletin. Please read through the information in advance of the May 6 EICC webinar, where workgroup representatives will review high points of the process and schedule. We will also hold a VAP Q&A webinar on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 8:00am Pacific/11:00pm Eastern/3:00pm London. You must register HERE to participate in this webinar. Please direct all questions to audits@eicc.info.
We hope you will join us in the VAP activity during this 2009 Cycle!
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May 6 Quarterly Membership Meeting
Philips will host the regional meeting at its office, which is located at Piet Heinkade 55, 1019 GM Amsterdam. EICC members who plan to attend will need to make their own hotel arrangements. Click here for the agenda and additional logistical information.
A web based conference call will take place for members not able to attend, and will be recorded for replay.
8:00 AM US EDT
2:00 PM Amsterdam
8:00 PM China
You must register in order to participate on this call. Registrations will be accepted until May 5.
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Supply Chain Mapping Project
The Extractives Work Group in conjunction with the GeSI Supply Chain Work Group has contracted with Resolve (consultant) to perform supply chain mapping of tin, tantalum, and cobalt based on the recommendation of the 2008 joint EICC/GeSI study. The scope of work is:
- Create a transparency model to identify companies in the electronic supply chain.
- Determine whether identified companies have a social responsibility code of conduct.
- Identify challenges incurred in collecting this information.
- Provide guidance on a systemic process to maintain the transparency model.
EICC member companies (with paid-in-full 2009 dues) are eligible to participate in this activity at no additional cost. Please complete the supplier template, found HERE, and return it to Grant Feichtinger by Friday, May 15. EICC staff will consolidate this input and identify five suppliers associated with each of the three metals. The information will be used for modeling. Resolve will not have access to the company-supplier relationships identified in the harvesting activity, and no commercial relationships will be revealed. For more information see EICC 2009 Extractives Goals_Final 04Feb2009 and 2009_Research_RFP_17Feb2009. Please contact Grant Feichtinger with questions or concerns.
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EICC/GeSI Member Registration for June 10-11 Audit Preparation Event
The EICC/GeSI Supplier Audit Preparation Event is scheduled for June 10-11 at the Novotel Shenzhen Bauhinia Hotel in Shenzhen, China. Invitations have been sent to the list of suppliers invited by EICC/GeSI members. If you wish to participate, please Click Here with the names and contact information of two representatives from your company by Friday, May 1. We kindly ask companies to limit the number of their representatives to two because of space constraints at the venue. Click Here for the agenda. Additional information regarding hotel rooms will be sent in the near future. |
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Commodity Manager Training Is Ready to Launch
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Congress Introduces Minerals Extraction Bill
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced legislation on April 23 that would require companies to report annually on their use of certain minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Congo Conflict Minerals Act (S. 891) will require companies that use columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, or wolframite to disclose annually to the SEC which country produced the minerals. If the minerals originate from the DRC, companies will have to further disclose the exact mines from which the minerals are extracted. Industry representatives have met with Senate staff about the legislation. Some provisions of the bill were removed before the bill was introduced, including a certification requirement to prove that conflict minerals are not used, and a requirement for annual independent audits. Talking points on the legislation were drafted by EICC staff and are available here. No action is currently scheduled on the bill, and EICC will keep members informed of its progress. Please contact Brad Cameron at EICC for more information. |
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Welcome to New HP Member
Zoe McMahon will be the new Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility (SC SER) Global Program Manager at HP effective May 18th. This position was formerly held by Bonnie Nixon-Gardiner, who is now Director of Environmental Sustainability in HP's Corporate Marketing / Global Citizenship Organization.
Zoe will oversee HP programs to raise the labor, health and safety, environmental, and ethics standards of HP's suppliers and their factories. She joined HP in 1994 as a member of HP's United Kingdom Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) team. She later focused on EU product environmental issues and since 2002 has held senior positions at HP, including representing the company before the media, analysts, and customers.
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 May 6 EICC Meeting Agenda
PART 1: EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING
Welcome
900-915 AM Welcome by Philips (Maarten de Vries, CPO, Philips)
915-930 AM Introductions (Moderator - Brad Cameron)
EICC Overview
930-945 AM EICC Overview (John Gabriel)
945-1030 AM Update on EICC Audit Program (John Gabriel)
1030-1045 AM Roundtable Discussion: How Can EICC Help Your Company?
1045-1100 AM Break
Planning Session: Growing EICC in Europe
1100-1115 AM Compliance & the Stakeholder Community in Europe (Jan Roodenburg)
1115-1145 AM Maximizing the EICC Potential in Europe (Moderator - Brad Cameron)
1145-1230 PM A European Recruitment Plan (Moderator / All )
1230-130 PM Lunch
PART 2: EICC WEBINAR
Section 1: Organizational Update
200-210 PM Organizational Changes (John Gabriel)
210-220 PM Board Elections (Eric Austerman)
220-230 PM Budget (John Gabriel)
230-245 PM Q&A (Moderator - Brad Cameron)
Section 2: Work Group Updates
245-255 PM Audit Update and Corrective Action Plan (Dani Harder)
255-305 PM Carbon Reporting Update (Jay Celorie)
305-315 PM Extractives Update (Maarten ten Houten)
315-330 PM Q&A (Moderator - Brad Cameron)
Section 3: Work Group Updates
330-345 PM Update on Code Review Survey (Eric Austerman)
345-400 PM Q&A
400 PM Adjourn
Part 3: ADDITIONAL MEETING ACTIVITIES
415- 500 PM Final prep for makeITfair session (in-person attendees)
500-700 PM Extractives WG Meeting
730 PM Dinner (hosted by Philips)
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