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 EICC Welcomes Spansion Back!
Spansion has rejoined EICC. The Sunnyvale, CA company left the association during the period of its restructuring, and returned last week. Rick Lattanzio will serve as Spansion's primary representative in EICC. The company produces Flash memory for a number of consumer devices, and employs more than 4,000 personnel. Welcome back! |
Revised 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. |
Tools Overview Webinar: June 16
EICC will provide a Tools Overview Webinar on June 16 at 11am-12 Noon EST. The webinar will provide a better understanding of available EICC tools and resources. It is intended for new members and new employees at member companies, and as a refresher for all other members.
Click here to register. The webinar will be recorded for those who cannot attend the live version. |
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EICC Participates in State Department Meeting on "Conflict" Minerals
EICC participated in a State Department meeting on May 14 to discuss the challenge of "conflict" minerals in industry supply chains. The meeting included participation by the auto, jewelry, and other manufacturing industries, and focused on steps industries can take to keep conflict minerals out of supply chains.
The State Department issued a statement after the meeting that included the following comments from EICC: "Together, the EICC and GeSI will continue to develop a systematic approach to keep our supply chains free of conflict minerals and support legitimate sourcing from the DRC. We were encouraged to learn about diplomatic efforts to address the conflict minerals issue." See the full statement here.
The U.S. Senate this week voted to include conflict minerals legislation in the Financial Services Reform Bill. The legislation adopts provisions by Senators Brownback (R-KS) and Durbin (D-IL) that require U.S. companies to certify that they do not use conflict minerals in their products. The Financial Services Reform bill must still be passed by the House and Senate.
Contact Brad Cameron for more information. |
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EICC 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. |
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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) |
