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Article

3 Aug 2012

Author:
Maplecroft & UN Global Compact

[video] Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum: Conflict Minerals webinar

[On August 3, 2012, the UN Global Compact and Maplecroft co-hosted the Conflict Minerals webinar, with the support of the GE Foundation. The webinar examined the risks posed by conflict minerals to multi-national corporations and featured speakers from Motorola Solutions, HP, AMD and Kemet Corporation. The webinar provided an overview of the Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum as well as the Solutions for Hope project, Conflict-Free Smelter Program and Making Africa Work Program. [Also mentions Apple, AVX, Canon, Cooperative Des Artisanaux Miniers du Congo, Dell, De Beers, F & X, Flextronics, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Gold Fields, Global Advanced Mining, Intel, Mining Minerals Resources, Motorola Mobility (part of Google), Nintendo, Nokia, Panasonic, Research In Motion, Robert Bosch, SanDisk, Senju Metal Industry., Sharp, Toshiba, Thailand Smelting and Refining Corp. (part of AMC Group), Amalgamated Metal, Trademet, Traxys]