Statement on conflict minerals
The extraction of certain raw materials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries contributes in part to significant human rights violations and the financing of violent conflicts in this region.
In 2010, the United States Congress passed the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (Dodd-Frank Act).
Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act and the implementing regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) require companies subject to SEC oversight to report whether the products they produce or have contracted to produce contain “conflict minerals” that are “necessary to the functionality or production” of those products.
The Dodd-Frank Act defines tantalum, tin, tungsten (and the ores from which they are extracted) and gold as “conflict minerals” that finance conflict in the DRC or an adjoining country.
Gigler Elektronik is not legally obliged to comply with the requirements of the U.S. SEC published in 2012 and to submit a conflict minerals report.
As a globally operating company, we nevertheless want to fulfill our responsibility and therefore endeavor not to purchase any material that contains minerals that could serve to finance the armed conflict in the DR Congo and its neighboring states.
We do everything we can to avoid the use of conflict minerals.
Firstly, by asking our suppliers to deliver only conflict-free goods.
Secondly, by always acting in an environmentally conscious and responsible manner and by ensuring compliance with high labor and social standards and the protection of human rights.
Despite all our care, however, we cannot guarantee 100% conflict mineral-free production.
However, we assure you that we do not knowingly use any conflict minerals.
