Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
EICC Weekly Bulletin 
  June 4, 2009
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ActionAction Needed By Members This Week

Membership Meeting: Please let us know by June 18 if you will attend the 3Q09 meeting in Chandler, Arizona Sep. 15-16.  We need to get an early headcount for planning purposes.  Register here.

Membership Recruitment: See how you can help EICC meet its new membership goals for 2009.  Read about the program below and take action.  We need help from all members.

BoardBoard Actions This Week

The Board took the following actions this week:
  • Voted to approve an application for membership from Oce, N.V.  The Netherlands-based company will be represented in EICC by Ilona Leussink.
  • Closed the nomination process to prepare for the Board election.  Four nominees will stand for election to fill four new Board seats.  The election will begin June 4 and end June 11 (see information below).
  • Obtained an update on status of the E-TASC revisions, including an overview from Laurie Howard, the IT consultant brought in to manage the project.  The next step will be to define milestones for Achilles (the E-TASC vendor) that will allow EICC to measure development of E-TASC version 1.5. On a parallel track, a process has begun to define needs for version 2.0.

VAPDeadline Change for Validated Audit Process

Deadlines for the VAP 2009 China cycle are delayed by one week.  This is to allow for execution of the EICC non-disclosure agreement and audit purchase base agreements.  The new deadlines are:

  1. June 9: Sign and return the EICC non-disclosure agreement and audit purchase base agreement (including any comments) to phylmar@eicc.info.
  2. June 12: Submit your budget and the audit sites according to the instructions by using the template posted here.  Send your submissions to audits@eicc.info.

You should complete these forms before submitting your list of audit sites.  VAP information and contract templates are here.  Please direct questions to Phylmar@eicc.info.

ElectionVote! Board Election Closes June 11
 
A slate of candidates has been established to fill four new Board seats.  All EICC primary candidates are encouraged to vote on the slate before the election closes June 11 at 5 PM EST.  The slate includes:

  • Director for Asia Programs: Richard Wong, Flextronics
  • Director for Capability Building: Steve Viera, Intel
  • Director for Measurement: Bernie Barber, Logitech
  • Director for Special Projects: Deborah Albers, Dell

Candidate statements may be viewed here.  Cast your ballot here (primary representatives only).

membershipGet Involved in the New EICC Membership Program

EICC is working to recruit five new members in 2009.  We need help from every current member to reach this goal.  There are two ways to contribute:

  • Identify prospective member companies (use this form).
  • Join the EICC Membership Recruitment Committee (contact Carrie Hoffman)
StakeholderStakeholder Engagement Training

The Communications/Stakeholders Work Group will host a BSR led training about when and how to engage with stakeholders. The training will take place at 11:00am EDT next Wednesday, June 10. Register here if you are interested in participating. A recording of the training will be available for viewing afterwards.

legislationUpdate on "Conflict Minerals" Issues

EICC hosted a conference call on June 3 to update EICC members on the "conflict minerals" legislation in Congress.  S. 891 would require companies to disclose the sources of metals in their products to the SEC.
 
The call included presentations by members of the Extractives Work Group, and by the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA).  The work group is directing a research project on this issue, and CEA is part of the lobby effort in Washington, DC for the industry.  View a summary of the call here.  Contact Brad Cameron for more information.
CodeEICC Code of Conduct Updates
 
Three important updates relating to the EICC code of conduct:
  • The EICC code has been updated.  The revised code will be available in the next Bulletin.
  • Code Translations: The code has been translated from English to Chinese, Russian, and Japanese.  Thanks to these companies for also providing translations to Spanish (HP), Korean (Samsung), Italian and French (ST), and Portuguese and Vietnamese (Jabil).
  • Code Comparisons: Numerous codes of conduct are in circulation to guide corporate social responsibility practices.  The Code Management Work Group completed a comparison of the EICC code of conduct to codes of other organizations.  The comparison is available here.  For more information, contact Eric Austerman.