• Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder groups and Concern Issues
  • MSI Human Rights Declaration
  • MSI Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
  • California Transparency in Supply Chain Act
  • California Transparency in Supply Chain Act
  • Employees
  • Suppliers
    • Supplier Management
    • Green Supplier Chain
    • Conflict Minerals
    • MSI Cobalt Policy and Statement
    • MSI Mica Policy and Statement
  • Customers
  • Stakeholder Questionnaire

MSI Cobalt Policy and Statement

The expansion of the electric vehicle and consumer electronics market globally and the demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIB) is expected to increase significantly in the future. Cobalt supply has issues of concentration and risk of disruption, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the world’s largest producer of cobalt and holds more than 50 percent of the global cobalt reserves. As a result, mining operations are often accompanied by unethical practices in producing countries and serious human right violations that have garnered the attention of the international community. We expect our supply chain to procure minerals and materials responsibly and to avoid all forms of slavery and forced labor, including child labor. We support efforts to prevent human rights abuses associated with mining operations. In respect of international human rights, MSI hereby makes the following representation concerning minerals extracted by way of unethical practices and human rights violation:

• supports the following human rights principles:
  1. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  2. International Labor Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
  3. OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
  4. MSI Human Rights Policy
  5. MSI Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
• MSI expects its suppliers to transition to Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and other industry validated unethical practices and human rights violation minerals by requiring their existing smelters to undergo audits to achieve a similar conflict free status. MSI will take all necessary measures to replace minerals, if any, used in supplier's product.