1. CM BEST PRACTICES SUB GROUP Recommendations for Customer Requests
Stay with current reporting timing:
3rd quarter for suppliers to collect CM information from their supply chain
4th quarter for OEMs to collect CM information from their suppliers
1st quarter of following year to submit updates
See timing chart on next slide
Assign a person within your organization as main contact for suppliers, even when working with a third party, for collection of CM information, to ask questions, or resolve disputes
Use caution when editing smelter lists. Important actions can be missed if requesting only specific types of smelters be listed (i.e. only compliant smelters, smelters who do not source from the CC, etc.):
Outreach for non-compliant smelters
Research on companies to determine if they are legitimate smelters/refiners.