• | Adopted and publicly communicated a company-wide Corporate Responsibility Directive, in which we declare that we abide by the Code of Conduct of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, or EICC, including the standard regarding responsible sourcing of conflict minerals, which can be found on our website at http://images.nvidia.com/content/includes/gcr/pdf/nvidia-corporate-responsibility-directive.pdf |
• | As a member of the EICC, required that our suppliers and contract manufacturers acknowledge and implement the EICC’s Code of Conduct, which includes an obligation to conduct due diligence regarding conflict minerals |
• | Adopted and publicly communicated a conflict minerals company policy endorsed by our Executive Vice President, Operations, which is posted on our website at http://images.nvidia.com/content/includes/gcr/pdf/nvidia-conflict-minerals-policy.pdf |
• | Assembled internal conflict minerals team, with representation by NVIDIA’s Operations (covering Silicon Products and System-Level Products groups), Legal, Sales, Procurement, Internal Audit and Corporate Responsibility departments |
• | Established a system of control and transparency over our conflict minerals supply chain by engaging first-tier and second-tier suppliers and requesting relevant information through the use of a third-party supplier management vendor which utilized due diligence tools created by the CFSI, including the CMRT |
• | Provided updates on our conflict minerals due diligence progress and status to certain members of NVIDIA’s senior management, including our Executive Vice President, Operations; Senior Vice President, Systems and Application Engineering; and Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer |
• | Maintained a company grievance mechanism available internally to allow reporting about any matter of concern, including those related to conflict minerals |
• | Internal Audit team conducted a review of our conflict minerals due diligence process to help us prepare for an independent private sector audit |
• | Identified relevant suppliers that supplied products containing 3TG by reference to bills of materials |
• | Requested such suppliers to provide information regarding smelters or refiners in our supply chain by using the CMRT |
• | Reviewed supplier responses for completeness and accuracy |
• | Compared information in supplier responses with the list of 3TG processing facilities that received a “conflict-free” designation, produced by the CFSP |
• | Contacted non-responsive suppliers, requesting their responses |
• | Provided suppliers with feedback on responses containing errors, inconsistencies or incomplete information |
• | Held regular conflict minerals team meetings to review, among other things, our conflict minerals program, any potential or actual risks identified during due diligence, and the status of supplier responses |
• | Reported progress on a monthly basis to our Executive Vice President, Operations |
• | Identified main risks in our supply chain |
• | Contacted certain smelter and refiner facilities that have not received a “conflict-free” designation from an independent third-party audit program to encourage their participation |
• | Implemented a risk mitigation response plan to monitor and track unresponsive suppliers and/or incomplete or inaccurate supply chain information |
• | Requested that certain suppliers remove specific smelters or refiners from their supply chain that we deemed to be high-risk |
• | Informed non-responsive suppliers that we will assess, and potentially withhold, future business with them if they do not acquire materials from conflict-free sources within the DRC and do not provide their supply chain conflict minerals information to us using the CMRT |
• | Relied on the CFSP, the London Bullion Market Association, and the Responsible Jewellery Council to coordinate third-party audits of smelters and refiners to validate the sourcing practices of such facilities in our supply chain |
• | Provided indirect financial support for such third-party audits through our continued membership in the EICC and CFSI |
• | Participated in EICC work groups, including smelter engagement and outreach |
• | Adopted and publicly communicated a conflict minerals company policy endorsed by our Executive Vice President, Operations, which is posted on our website at http://images.nvidia.com/content/includes/gcr/pdf/nvidia-conflict-minerals-policy.pdf |
• | Published conflict minerals information in our annual corporate responsibility report, which is posted on our website at http://www.nvidia.com/gcr |
• | Filed our Form SD for the reporting period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, including this Conflict Minerals Report, with the Securities Exchange Commission and made it available on the Investor Relations pages of our Web site at http://investor.nvidia.com/sec.cfm |
• | Reported supply chain smelter information in this Conflict Minerals Report |
• | Graphic Processing Units, including: |
◦ | GeForce; |
◦ | Quadro; |
◦ | Tesla; and |
◦ | NVIDIA GRID |
• | Tegra processors and modules |
• | NVIDIA SHIELD gaming portables, controllers, tablets, and Android TV boxes |
• | Tegra NOTE tablets |
• | Icera modem chipsets |
• | NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses |
• | Jetson TK1 developer kit and modules |
Metal | Name of Smelter or Refiner | Smelter or Refiner Location |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co Ltd | Japan |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | Brazil |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | Japan |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Canada |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co. Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Aurubis AG | Germany |
Gold | Boliden AB | Sweden |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany |
Gold | Caridad | Mexico |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | Italy |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | Republic of Korea |
Gold | Do Sung Corporation | Republic of Korea |
Gold | Doduco | Germany |
Gold | Dowa | Japan |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | United States |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | Italy |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | China |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited | China |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey |
Gold | Japan Mint | Japan |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | China |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | Russian Federation |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | Russian Federation |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Kazzinc | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | Poland |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Republic of Korea |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | Republic of Korea |
Gold | Materion | United States |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States |
Gold | Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V. | Mexico |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | India |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Turkey |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation |
Gold | PAMP S.A. | Switzerland |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Russian Federation |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia |
Gold | PX Précinox SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | United States |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | Republic of Korea |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal | Netherlands |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A. | Spain |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Russian Federation |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | Italy |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Torecom | Republic of Korea |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand |
Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States |
Gold | Valcambi SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | Australia |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China |
Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | China |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | China |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | United States |
Tantalum | Duoluoshan | China |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc | United States |
Tantalum | F & X | China |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | Germany |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg | Germany |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | Germany |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | United States |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | Japan |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | Germany |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Hi-Temp | United States |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tambre Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | Mexico |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | United States |
Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | Brazil |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | India |
Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | Japan |
Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | Estonia |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | Austria |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | Austria |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States |
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tantalum | RFH | China |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Metal Works | Russian Federation |
Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | Japan |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | United States |
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | United States |
Tantalum | Ulba | Kazakhstan |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide | China |
Tin | Alpha Metals | United States |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | China Huaxi Group Nandan | China |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | Indonesia |
Tin | CV United Smelting | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | Dowa | Japan |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy JSC | Viet Nam |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. | Spain |
Tin | EM Vinto | Bolivia |
Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland |
Tin | GEJIU GOLD SMELTER MINERALS CO.,LTD | China |
Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | China |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | Malaysia |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A | Brazil |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | Belgium |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Minsur | Peru |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | Bolivia |
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. | Rwanda |
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | Indonesia |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | Indonesia |
Tin | PT JusTindo | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Thailand Smelting & Refining Co Ltd | Thailand |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | Viet Nam |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgica | Brazil |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Yunnan GeJiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd | China |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | Japan |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | Germany |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | Germany |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | China |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin | China |
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | United States |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | United States |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | United States |
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | Austria |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |