Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
EICC Weekly Bulletin 
 May 13, 2010

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Upcoming Events
  • May 20: Joint EICC/GeSI/ITRI Meeting in Vancouver
  • August 24-26: EICC Fall Membership Meeting in China
VAP Report: Weekly Audit Snapshot 
Numbers reflect audit progress in China, and Mexico. The snapshot will appear each week in the Bulletin, and will provide the number of audits in various stages of the process. For the week of May 10, 2010:
 
Validated Audits StatusThis periodYTD
In contract phase

0

0

Being scheduled

0

5

Scheduled or in-process

2

33

Completed with reports in QA/QC

3

27

Reports delivered to Auditee

0

0

Total

65

 
Aggregate VAP audit findings will be published in the EICC Annual Report (individual audit results are confidential for each company).

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In This Issue

ReportEICC Annual Report Released

The EICC released its second Annual Report. It provides an accounting of programs and performance, and discusses work in areas including the audit program, environmental sustainability, metals extraction, and stakeholder engagement. The report also introduces the EICC's key performance indicators. Contact Wendy Dittmer if you have any questions or comments on the report.

ComplianceRevised Compliance Program Timeline
 
The Compliance Program Work Group has revised the timeline for review and adoption of the new program. The changes will allow more time for EICC members to learn about the new requirements, and to offer input through an extended comment period:
  • May 7: Distribution of documents for internal/legal review.
  • May 28: Members submit final comments.
  • June 2-3: Membership Webinars.
    • Webinar 1: June 2: 7:00 AM PST/10:00 AM EST/4:00 PM CET/10:00 PM Asia (June 3)
    • Webinar 2: June 2: 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST/8:00 PM CET/2:00 AM Asia (June 3)
    • Webinar 3: June 2: 6:00 PM PST/9:00 PM EST/3:00 AM CET (April 22)/9:00AM Asia (June 3)
    • Webinar 4: June 3: 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST/8:00 PM CET/2:00 AM Asia (June 4)
  • June 11: Distribution of ballot materials (includes document with marked changes since May 7 distribution)
  • June 25: Membership votes submitted to program administrator.
  • July 9: Communicate vote results to members

Contact Holly Wills for more information or to register for one of the Webinars.

achillesEICC Code Translations

EICC is planning to increase the number of languages in which the Code of Conduct is available. Currently the code is available in the following languages:

  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • English
  • French
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
Please contact Grant Feichtinger to identify additional languages your company has represented in its supply chain. Volunteers are also needed to translate the code, and should also contact Grant Feichtinger.

Need Help?

Contact AMS at 202-962-0167

Programs: Brad Cameron
Operations: John Flatley
Membership Services: Carrie Hoffman
WG Coordinator: Grant Feichtinger
Membership Compliance: Holly Wills
External Communications: Wendy Dittmer (P. 512.934.8922)