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EICC Weekly Bulletin
 December 16, 2010

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  • January 18-20: Winter 2011 Membership Meeting in San Diego, CA
  • July 25-28: Summer 2011 Membership Meeting in Shenzhen

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HSPilotWelcome to New Member Amkor Technology!

Amkor Technology, Inc. joined EICC this week.  The company is based in Chandler, AZ, and will be represented in EICC by Anthony DePaoli (Senior Director for Social Responsibility), Theresa Olson (Vice President and Corporate Counsel), and Diane Woodburn (Senior Manager for Global Trade Compliance).  Welcome aboard!

ComplianceMembership Compliance Program Deadline: December 31

Data collection for the EICC Membership Compliance Program began in October. Members are required to provide "first-pass" information on activities in their companies and major suppliers by December 31. The data will provide baselines for the program in 2011. Check the following links for more information:

Completed forms should be sent to Anne Vogel-Marr at compliance@eicc.info.

 

Information regarding Q1 2011 requirements and deadlines will be distributed to members in January.

LCBEnvironmental Sustainability Work Group Update

 

The Environmental Sustainability Work Group held a planning session in Santa Clara, CA on (date). The meeting included an overview of water footprinting at Intel by Tom Cooper (Intel), updates by John Malian (Cisco) and Jay Celorie (HP) of other industry activity, and a summary of stakeholder engagement by Wendy Dittmer (EICC).

It also included a comprehensive review by Jesse Nishinaga (BSR) of work completed on the carbon reporting process in the EICC supply chain. Jessie provided a draft timeline for the process in 2011, including:
  • January: Terms and conditions distributed to EICC members for approval to participate (internal legal reviews must be completed in each company).
  • February: Finalize data collection methodology.
  • February: Finalize suppliers' questions.
  • March: Invite customers.
  • March-April: Conduct customer training sessions (1-2).
  • April: Submit supplier lists.
  • May: Invite suppliers.
  • May-June: Conduct supplier training sessions (3-4).
  • May-August: Collect supplier data.
  • September-October: Aggregate data and provide summaries to customers.
  • November-December: Write and publish final report.

The work group will finalize its 3-year roadmap and projects at the membership meeting in January.

For questions about the carbon reporting process, contact Marsha Ali or Brenna Zimmer.

dataE-TASC Facility Information

An FAQ that addresses common questions about the new Enablon system has been sent to primary contacts at member companies and is also available here.  All companies are encouraged to review the SAQ before subscriptions to E-TASC expire.  In particular, companies are encouraged to read the section about migrating data from E-TASC.  Contact Grant Feichtinger with any questions.
MeetingSave the Date: EICC Membership Meeting

 

The EICC Winter Membership Meeting will be hosted by Sony at their San Diego campus on January 18-20, 2011. The meeting will include a strategic planning session, overview of EICC activities, an update on extractives issues, and assessment tool demonstrations.

  • January 18: Work Group Meetings
  • January 19: Membership Meeting: Session I
  • January 20: Membership Meeting: Session II
Sony Address
    16530 Via Esprillo
    San Diego, CA 92127

Agenda--The draft agenda can be found here.

Best Practices--Contact Grant Feichtinger if your company wants to present a "Best Practice" case study.
Registration--Register here.
Work Groups--Work Group leaders should contact Grant Feichtinger to schedule meetings.
Hotel Recommendations--Sony has recommended four hotels within a ten minute drive of the San Diego campus:

    Radisson Suites
    11520 West Bernardo Court
    San Diego
    Website
    Courtyard by Marriot
    11611 Bernardo Plaza Court
    San Diego
    Website
    Hilton Garden Inn
    17240 Bernardo Center Drive
    San Diego
    Website
    Doubletree Golf Resort
    14455 Penasquitos Drive
    San Diego
    Website 

A list with detailed information for these hotels can be found here. Be sure to reference Sony to get their company rate.

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