• | Our conflict minerals policy described in Section 1.1 is publicly available on our website. |
• | We have an internal team, which includes representatives from supply chain, legal, and finance organizations, that is responsible for our conflict minerals program. |
• | Our governance structure includes executives from our in-scope supply chains, legal and finance organizations who are responsible for reviewing due diligence activities. |
• | We include responsible sourcing and due diligence requirements in Google’s Supplier Code of Conduct and in our supplier contract templates. |
• | We have a grievance mechanism for reporting violations of our policies. |
• | We communicated with our in-scope suppliers to use the CMRT and other publicly available tools on the CFSI website. |
• | We implemented a system that includes an online platform for storing and managing our conflict minerals due diligence procedures and results. |
• | We have a document retention policy for maintaining conflict minerals program documentation for a minimum of five years. |
• | We requested that our in-scope suppliers provide a CMRT in order to collect information about the smelters of 3TG used in our products. |
• | We assessed the CMRTs received from our in-scope suppliers for completeness and reasonableness based on internally defined review criteria. |
• | We validated whether each smelter disclosed by our in-scope suppliers was a verified or active smelter by checking against the smelter data provided by the CFSI, which also indicates if each smelter is designated as compliant or active by the CFSI. |
• | We have also integrated conflict minerals criteria into our Sustainable Supply Chain audit program. |
• | We inform our audit committee and sustainable supply chain team yearly on our due diligence activities and Conflict Minerals Report. |
• | We have begun adding conflict-free criteria to our supplier selection process through the integration of conflict-free requirements in our contracts, Supplier Code of Conduct, and in RFPs. |
• | We have begun to contact verified smelters that are not yet compliant to emphasize the importance of being certified by the CFSI as conflict-free. |
• | We continue to support the CFSI’s programs such as the CFSP and the Initial Audit Fund. |
• | We joined the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade. |
• | Google joined the CFSI in 2013 (member ID: GOOG) and continues to be a member. |
• | We rely upon the CFSI to validate that companies meet the criteria of smelter and then certify them as conflict-free. |
• | We publish a CMR annually, and our reports are accessible on our website at https://abc.xyz/conflictminerals. |
Smelters* | Tin | Tungsten | Tantalum | Gold | Total |
Number of smelters | 78 | 41 | 45 | 123 | 287 |
Number (%) of smelters listed as “compliant” by the CFSI | 59 (76%) | 30 (73%) | 45 (100%) | 80 (65%) | 214 (75%) |
Number (%) of smelters listed as “active” by CFSI | 12 (15%) | 5 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (12%) | 32 (11%) |
• | In the 2016 reporting year, we will continue to engage with in-scope suppliers to gain better visibility of the country of origin and chain of custody of the 3TG used in our products. |
• | We will continue to use and encourage our in-scope suppliers to use publicly available tools from the CFSI and will continue to work with our in-scope suppliers and engage with our supply chain to increase the quality of the data provided to us. |
• | We will continue to be a member of the CFSI and the Initial Audit Fund, which includes membership dues, support of initial audits and the transfer of our membership from Google to Alphabet. |
• | We will continue to encourage our in-scope suppliers to source from conflict-free smelters that are listed as compliant by the CFSI. |
• | As we enter into contracts with new suppliers and renew contracts with existing suppliers, we will include requirements that our suppliers support our conflict minerals policy and due diligence efforts. |
Metal | Smelter Name (* indicates CFSI Compliant Conflict-Free Smelter, ** indicates CFSI Active Smelter) |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company** |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.* |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.* |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)** |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção* |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA* |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp* |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co Ltd* |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
Gold | Aurubis AG* |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)* |
Gold | Boliden AB* |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG* |
Gold | Caridad |
Gold | CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation* |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux SA** |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A.* |
Gold | Chugai Mining |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.** |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. |
Gold | Do Sung Corporation** |
Gold | Doduco* |
Gold | Dowa* |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC* |
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A.** |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. |
Gold | FSE Novosibirsk Refinery* |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation** |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH* |
Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong* |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG* |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited* |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery* |
Gold | Japan Mint* |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited* |
Gold | Johnson Matthey Inc* |
Gold | Johnson Matthey Ltd* |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant* |
Gold | JSC Uralectromed* |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd* |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC |
Gold | Kazzinc Ltd* |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC* |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna** |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd* |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.** |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC |
Gold | L' azurde Company For Jewelry |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Company Limited |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.* |
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Materion* |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.* |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd* |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.* |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.** |
Gold | Metalor Technologies SA* |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation* |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation* |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.* |
Gold | Morris and Watson |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant* |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.* |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat** |
Gold | Nihon Material Co. LTD* |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH* |
Gold | Ohio Precious Metals, LLC* |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd* |
Gold | OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet)* |
Gold | PAMP SA* |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals* |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk* |
Gold | PX Précinox SA* |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd* |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation* |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint* |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals** |
Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH** |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal* |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA* |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd* |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals* |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.* |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.* |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A* |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.* |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd* |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co. Ltd* |
Gold | Tongling nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd |
Gold | Torecom** |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda* |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand* |
Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining* |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.* |
Gold | Valcambi SA* |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint* |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH** |
Gold | YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.* |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co Ltd* |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation* |
Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd* |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry* |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC* |
Tantalum | Duoluoshan* |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc.* |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.* |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown* |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals* |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc.* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd.* |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG* |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Hi-Temp* |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals* |
Tantalum | Kemet Blue Powder* |
Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd* |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A.* |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A.* |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting* |
Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S.* |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen* |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte* |
Tantalum | QuantumClean* |
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.* |
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd* |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Metal Works* |
Tantalum | Taki Chemicals* |
Tantalum | Telex* |
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc.* |
Tantalum | Ulba* |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.* |
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cement Carbide* |
Tin | Alpha* |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company** |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining Smelting Company LTD** |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd.* |
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. |
Tin | Cooper Santa* |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya* |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona* |
Tin | CV JusTindo* |
Tin | CV Nurjanah* |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai* |
Tin | CV United Smelting* |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa* |
Tin | Dowa* |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company** |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)* |
Tin | EM Vinto* |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. |
Tin | Fenix Metals* |
Tin | Gejiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd.** |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC** |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.* |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.** |
Tin | Gejiu Zi-Li |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.* |
Tin | Jiangxi Nanshan |
Tin | Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA* |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)* |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A* |
Tin | Metallic Resources Inc* |
Tin | METALLO-CHIMIQUE N.V. (MC)* |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A.* |
Tin | Minsur* |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation* |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company** |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.* |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.* |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.* |
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd.** |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng* |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya* |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa* |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin* |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry* |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera* |
Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari* |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah* |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia* |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi* |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi** |
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri* |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima* |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining** |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima* |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada* |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama* |
Tin | PT REFINED BANGKA TIN* |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa* |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa* |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur* |
Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah* |
Tin | PT Tambang Timah* |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok* |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa* |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama* |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya* |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.* |
Tin | Rui Da Hung* |
Tin | Soft Metais, Ltda.* |
Tin | Thaisarco* |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company** |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC* |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.* |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.** |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd.* |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp.* |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd* |
Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.** |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.* |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH* |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG* |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji* |
Tungsten | Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC* |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co Ltd* |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.** |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.** |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.** |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon** |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville* |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC* |
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC* |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd* |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG* |
Tungsten | Wolfram Company CJSC |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.* |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd* |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.* |
Angola | France | Portugal |
Argentina | Germany | Republic of Congo |
Australia | Guyana | Russia |
Austria | Hungary | Rwanda |
Belgium | India | Sierra Leone |
Bolivia | Indonesia | Singapore |
Brazil | Ireland | Slovakia |
Burundi | Israel | South Africa |
Cambodia | Japan | South Korea |
Canada | Kazakhstan | South Sudan |
Central African Republic | Kenya | Spain |
Chile | Laos | Suriname |
China | Luxembourg | Switzerland |
Colombia | Madagascar | Taiwan |
Côte D'Ivoire | Malaysia | Tanzania |
Czech Republic | Mongolia | Thailand |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Mozambique | Uganda |
Djibouti | Myanmar | United Kingdom |
Ecuador | Namibia | United States of America |
Egypt | Netherlands | Vietnam |
Estonia | Nigeria | Zambia |
Ethiopia | Peru | Zimbabwe |