A look at 2014 conflict minerals efforts

Source Intelligence just published a summary of the activities involving their solution for managing conflict minerals risks in the supply chain.
ref. An Insightful Look at 2014 Conflict Minerals Efforts (free registration required)

The report aggregates their client data from 2013 efforts, covering the apparel, electronics, manufacturing, oil & gas and retail industries.  At tier 1 in the supply chain, they have 1,336 suppliers -- which increased significantly as they delved into deeper tiers -- and impacted around 2M products.  Source Intelligence is definitely doing the sales pitch.  Their report shows efficiency and effectiveness gains if you use their resources for education and data collection.  But it isn't smoke and mirrors.  It makes sense that supply chain partners who are educated (having awareness of context) are better suited to effectively participate in reporting.  It also makes sense that automating the data capture is the way to go.

Apart from the above, the report is an interesting read to get a sense of how folks having to comply with regulatory requirements are doing.

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