Board Activity

• Membership Meeting-Reviewed plans for the Aug. 23-26 Membership Meeting in Shenzhen.
• Compliance Program-Planned next steps in the membership voting process to approve the new membership compliance requirements.
• Asia Program-Reviewed a proposed governance structure for the Environment Task Force and the Employee Health & Welfare Task Force.

Membership Meeting: Register Early!

The EICC Membership Meeting in Shenzhen will focus on emerging issues for the electronics industry in China, as well as important new EICC initiatives. A revised agenda is provided here.

• Aug. 23: Work Group Meetings
• Aug. 24: Membership Meeting: Session I
• Aug. 25: Membership Meeting: Session II
• Aug. 26: Training Session

Please register here. Work Group leaders should contact Grant Feichtinger to schedule meetings.

All meetings will take place at the Crowne Plaza Shenzhen. The negotiated rate is 1,000 CNY/$147 USD (includes 1 buffet breakfast and free in-room wired internet). Use this form to register with the hotel. Hotel registrations must be received by August 16.

Register for Training Session: "How to Conduct an Energy Assessment at an Industrial Facility"

A short training session on energy management and conducting energy assessments will be offered on August 26 from 8 AM-12 Noon at the Crowne Plaza Shenzhen. The training will be in Mandarin.

Presentations will focus on the processes, procedures, and protocols of industrial energy assessments. This will include the concept of "industrial triage" when evaluating energy use and reduction, as well as "rules-of-thumb" and insights on how to move an energy project forward in the current industrial economic climate. The training will also cover some of the tools available on the Department of Energy website, as well as possible incentives in China for energy efficiency.

Click here for the bio of the instructor, Dr. ShyShenq Liou. EICC Members are encouraged to send two local representatives to the training. Register for the training here. Presentation slides in both Mandarin and English will be distributed by email to training registrants in advance, and will be available for download after the session.

China Water Pollution Risk Assessment: Register to Participate!

Recent media and NGO reports have highlighted the impact of electronics suppliers on China's water quality. As a result, the Environmental Sustainability Workgroup and the Asia Program Environment Task Force are developing a program to focus on this issue. This will include a desk-top risk assessment of water pollution in EICC's China supply chains.

The assessment will be led by BSR through funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. All EICC members are encouraged to participate by providing lists of their Chinese suppliers to BSR for the database search and analysis (all information will be kept confidential and suppliers will not be contacted).

The assessment is intended to provide EICC members with a better understanding of wastewater issues in their supply chains, including:

• A desk review of electronics supply chains and the sectors or processes that are most likely to create water management problems.
• Evaluation of levels of regulatory noncompliance by comparing EICC member suppliers to an NGO database of known polluters.
• Best practices, and relevant industry standards and initiatives.

Preliminary results of the research will be presented at the EICC meeting in Shenzhen.

Contact Laura Ediger at BSR for more information.

Employee Health & Welfare Task Force: EICC Data Needed

The Employee Health & Welfare Task Force has established three subcommittees to complete preliminary reports before the Membership Meeting in Shenzhen. The subcommittees will obtain employee input through interviews, obtain baseline data through EICC member surveys, and obtain data on root-causes from outside experts. EICC members can contribute to this important initiative in three ways:

• Join the Task Force--All companies with operations in China are encouraged to join.
• Complete a Survey--Every company with operations in China is asked to participate (all data will be confidential and only used in aggregated form).
• Allow Employee Interviews--The Task Force will engage a third-party to obtain input from employees through confidential interviews.

EICC companies with China operations will be contacted to complete a survey and allow employee interviews. Contact Brad Cameron for more information.

Announcing New VAP Single Payer and Audit Request Process

The VAP Work Group has created an auditee documents webpage linked from the Tools page on the EICC website. Suppliers and members can use the documents to request and prepare for an audit. The following documents are available on the site:

• VAP Introduction
• Code of Conduct
• Audit Preparation for Auditees
• Self Assessment Questionnaire
• Agreement for the Exchange of Confidential Information (AECI)
• Auditee Purchase Agreement
• Attachment A - VAP Facility Information Sheet

The VAP Work Group has also scheduled two overview webinars for companies using the VAP. The webinars will be held at 10:00am and 10:00pm EDT on July 22. Click on a time to register for one of the webinars.

Contact Grant Feichtinger with any questions.

Membership Compliance Program

The timeline for approval of membership compliance requirements follows:

• July 16: Voting results communicated to members. (Can members object to a vote outcome? Yes, if 20% of members object to the outcome in writing, a second vote will take place. Objections must be received within 5 business days of original vote.)
• July 23: Objections filed with AMS.
• July 29: Objections distributed to members (4 business days after filed).
• Aug 12: Revote (10 business days after objections distributed to membership).
• Aug 14: Revote outcome communicated (2 days after revote).

Contact Holly Wills for more information.

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