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Company Response

20 Nov 2015

Author:
Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent's response

Alcatel-Lucent is concerned about the situation in DRC and neighboring countries and the indirect effects of the trade of the Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten and Gold contained in the components we buy to manufacture products. To prevent the adverse effects of our activity, we have:

Our efforts have been recognized by stakeholders such as the Responsible Sourcing Network, which published a report on 2014 company reporting.

We are currently following the preparation of the European Union regulation on this topic via our  industry association Digital Europe, which is regularly communicating positions on conflict minerals. We are aligned with these positions.

More on Alcatel-Lucent’s supply chain activities:  https://www.alcatel-lucent.com/sustainability/supplychain