"Hull is UK's first city to pass 'conflict free' resolution", 20 Jul 2015

Councillors voted on a resolution that will see the local authority do its best to ensure all purchased electronics are ethically sourced. The motion followed work by campaign group Conflict-Free Hull to get the city to become the first in the UK to pass a conflict-free resolution...The local authority said where it procures electronic products which contain gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, it will “to the extent legally permissable consider in the procurement process whether such products contain ‘conflict minerals’, and to the extent permissible in law, will favour verifiably conflict-free products or companies making greater progress towards this goal”. The council also called on companies from all sectors in the city to follow this lead, on electronics firms to invest in ethical mineral resourcing, and for an international certification system for minerals coming from central Africa..