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Events and Deadlines
November 4: Deadline for Membership Commitment Forms
November 4: Deadline for Conflict Minerals Survey
November 18: Deadline to register for WMC Training Course |
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Daylight Savings Time Note
Daylight Savings Time will go in effect in the U.S. on Sunday, October 6. For this week, calls for those in Europe will begin an hour earlier but will switch back to normal next week. For those in countries that do not observe Daylight Savings Time (e.g. China), calls will be an hour later starting next week. Calls will also be an hour later starting next week for those in Arizona and Indiana. |
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Submit Information
Please submit information you want to share with EICC members to Brad Cameron by 5 PM EDT on Fridays. |
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Subscriptions
Contact Ben Bruno to add names to the distribution list. |
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 Membership Commitment Forms Due November 4
EICC member companies should complete a 2012 Membership Commitment Form by Nov. 4, 2011. Forms were distributed to primary contacts on October 20, 2011. Contact Ben Bruno if your company did not receive a form or for more information. |
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EICC Winter Membership Meeting: Save the Date!
The EICC Winter Membership Meeting will be held February 13-15 in Seoul, Korea. The meeting will be hosted by Samsung. Early registration will begin soon.
The EICC Summer Membership Meeting will be held July 16-18 in the Boston area. It will be hosted by EMC.
Contact Carrie Hoffman for more information. |
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Worker Management Communication Training Course
The Learning & Capability Building Work Group has completed the new EICC/GeSI Worker Management Communication (WMC) training course. The course helps EICC and GeSI member companies and their suppliers implement effective worker-management communication systems. It also raises awareness for workers of their rights and responsibilities.
Training sessions will be conducted by INFACT and FLA and held November 28-30, 2011, hosted by Philips, and December 5-7, 2011, hosted by Golden Elite Technology. Cost is $150 USD per person and space is limited to 40 participants (2 per company) for each session. Encourage your companies and suppliers to register early. The deadline to register is November 18, 2011. Click here for the supplier invitation letter. Note that registration is not complete until payment is received. |
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ESWG Planning Meeting: Dec. 13-14
The Environmental Sustainability Work Group will hold an annual planning meeting on December 13 & 14 at ON Semiconductor in Santa Clara, CA. Invitations with with details will be available soon. Contact Martin_Gothberg@amat.com or Katie.Schindall@emc.com to receive an invitation. Martin and Katie Schindall are the new work group co-leaders. |
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EICC/GeSI Labor & Ethics Lead Auditor Course
Verité has announced upcoming sessions of the EICC-GeSI Labor & Ethics Lead Auditor Course, including classes in Santa Clara, CA (December 5-9), Guadalajara, Mexico (December 5-9 in Spanish) and Shenzhen, China (December 12-16 in Mandarin). The course helps participants learn to perform EICC-GeSI Labor & Ethics VAP audits successfully and fulfills the training requirement for IRCA certification as an EICC-GeSI Labor & Ethics Lead Auditor. The highly interactive five-day workshop covers social systems auditing, investigative skills, management systems, validation and reporting, and the EICC-GeSI Audit Process.
Click here for more information regarding the sessions. Click here to register. |
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Tools Management Work Group Review of SAQ
The Tools Management Work Group is reviewing and revising the Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) based on new regulatory requirements that will take effect in 2012. The work group is also reviewing SAQ questions, scoring issues, and glitches that may not have been identified during the move to EICC-ON. The work group's intent is to make all improvements, clarifications, and modifications at the beginning of 2012, and to limit updates to an annual cycle.
If your company has identified issues with the SAQ in EICC-ON, or if it believes clarification or modifications are needed for any of the questions, describe your proposed changed in an email to eicc-on.request@eicc.info.
Proposed changes must be submitted by November 15 and must include a justification for the change. Please send any questions to eicc-on.request@eicc.info. |
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Conflict Minerals Survey: Complete by Nov. 4
EICC members are encouraged to complete a "Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Benchmarking Survey" by 5 PM EST on Nov. 4, 2011. The survey was developed by the Extractives Work Group to help companies benchmark their due diligence progress and identify common gaps or challenges. It will also help to reveal best practices.
The survey has been provided to all EICC members, as well as non-members of the Extractives Work Group and GeSI partner members. Results of the survey will be summarized and shared with participants by Nov. 11, 2011.
About the Survey:
- Number of questions: 25
- Time to complete the survey: 15 minutes
- Limitation: Only one response per company please
- Responses will be confidential
- Click on "Exit This Survey" will save response
- Click on "Done" to submit survey results
Contact Grant Feichtinger for more information. |
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EICC Code Review Process: Member Engagement and Stakeholder Forums
A series of forums will be provided for EICC members and stakeholders to review proposed changes to the EICC Code of Conduct. EICC members may request time during the member engagement forums to present their views. Stakeholders who have submitted proposals may request time to present their views during the stakeholder forums.
Stakeholder Forums
- November 17, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST
- November 17, 2011 at 9:00 PM EST
Member Engagement Forums
- November 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST
- November 21, 2011 at 9:00 PM EST
The forums are intended to inform members about proposed changes prior to a vote, and to facilitate information sharing with stakeholders. Contact Erin Hussey to request a registration link for any of the forums (please specify which forum(s) you want to attend). Participants in the stakeholder forums will remain anonymous.
Note that the deadline for the submission period ended on Oct. 31, 2011.
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Working Hours Data Collection
The EICC Working Hours Work Group is collecting working hours data from EICC members. Members are encouraged to complete the Excel template here for all of their company locations in China. A member of the work group will follow up with a representative from each EICC member company to facilitate collection, provide specific guidance, and answer questions.
The data will be used to determine the level of information EICC members are able to provide, and to identify conformance trends relating to 60-hour limits and one rest day per week requirements in the EICC Code of Conduct. Though some members may not have systems in place to capture weekly working hours data, the work group is collecting weekly data to conform to the EICC Code requirements.
Completed templates should be sent to Brad Cameron at AMS. All data will be treated as confidential, and all company affiliations will be removed from the data before it is provided to the work group. Contact John Digenan for more information. |
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2012 Budget Timeline
The following timeline will be used to establish the 2012 Budget:
- Mid-October: Board Directors and WG Leads develop requests.
- October 31: WG budget requests provided to Finance Committee.
- Early November: Finance Committee reviews budget requests.
- Late November: Finance Committee provides proposed budget to Board.
- Early December: Board reviews budget.
- Late December: Budget ratified. "Full member" vote on top-line budget, majority rule.
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Conflict Minerals Reporting Template
The Extractives Work Group has launched the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template tool, developed to facilitate disclosure of information regarding smelters that provide material to company supply chains. The template can assist companies in their due diligence processes by tracking information in their supply chains that is related to conflict minerals.
The template includes questions on company conflict-free policies, engagement with direct suppliers, and a list of smelters companies used in their supply chain. The template provides written instructions and recorded training on use of the tool, and is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Additionally, a "dashboard" is available for aggregating multiple templates from suppliers. The dashboard enables data analysis and supports the preparation of consolidated information from multiple suppliers. The dashboard is available in English.
EICC members, along with non-member participants of the Extractives Work Group, can access the due diligence reporting tools and training materials here. |
Action Items:
- Member companies must assign a company administrator for EICC-ON. Register your company administrator here. Administrators will be responsible for setting up their company users, deactivating users, adding subsidiaries, and SAQ submissions.
Available Training:
- Recordings of the trainings have been uploaded in SharePoint and will be available soon in EICC-ON under the "Training" tab along with an FAQ document. An EICC-ON overview is already available in the training catolog.
- See the dedicated SharePoint Page for EICC-ON information:
- User Acceptance Testing Webinar
- 5 UATs now available
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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 Assistant: Ben Bruno
Membership Compliance: Anne Vogel-Marr
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