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1 Jul 2012

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Responses re lobbying over Dodd Frank 1502 on conflict minerals

In May 2012…Global Witness [published]… “Are electronics companies trying to have it both ways on conflict minerals legislation?”…allege[ing] that…the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) “have been seeking to undermine the implementation of Dodd Frank 1502”…Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the following business associations and companies…to respond…[National Association of Manufacturers, Dell, Verizon, HP, Motorola Mobility, Microsoft, General Electric responded. Intel, IBM, Xerox, Ford & U.S. Chamber of Commerce declined to respond] Following this, the Enough Project issued a press release…praising Microsoft, General Electric, & Motorola Solutions for "breaking" with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce… In June 2012 we invited…companies to respond to a joint press release..."Electronics Companies Must Break from US Chamber on Conflict Minerals" [Acer, Dell, IBM, Intel, Panasonic, RIM & Xerox responded. HP & Motorola Mobility (part of Google) declined to respond. AT&T, Canon, Ford and Verizon did not respond.]