Exhibit 1.01
Philips Conflict Minerals Report
This Conflict Minerals Report for Koninklijke Philips N.V. (hereafter ‘’Royal Philips’’, “Philips”, or “our”) covers the reporting period from January 1st to December 31st, 2017, and is presented pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 13p-1 (the “conflict minerals law”) and the provisions of Form SD.
This Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to Philips’ Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and is also posted on the Philips conflict minerals website1 2.
| 1 | More information can be found here: https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/company/suppliers/supplier-sustainability/our-programs/conflict-minerals.html |
| 2 | The content of any website, including any website of Royal Philips, referred to in this Conflict Minerals Report is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in the Conflict Minerals Report or Form SD. |
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Contents
| 1. Introduction |
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| 2. Philips conflict-free minerals program |
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| Philips |
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| Supply chain characteristics for 3TG |
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| Philips due diligence program |
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| OECD Step 1: Company Management system |
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| OECD Step 2: Risk identification and assessment |
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| OECD Step 3: Strategy to respond to identified risks |
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| OECD Step 4: Audits of smelter due diligence practices |
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| OECD Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence |
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| 3. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry results |
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| 4. Due diligence framework & measures |
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| Framework |
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| Measures |
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| 5. Due diligence outcomes |
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| 6. Determination |
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| 7. Steps to improve future due diligence |
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| 8. List of smelter facilities |
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| 9. Independent private sector audit |
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| 10. Data sources used |
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| 11. Abbreviations |
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| Exhibit A – Independent Auditors’ Report |
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1. Introduction
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its adjoining countries have significant reserves of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (henceforth referred to as “3TG”). All of these minerals are commonly used in the manufacturing of products for both consumer and professional markets. Various parties, including the United States Congress, have expressed their concern that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups is helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and is contributing to an emergent humanitarian crisis. The DRC produces 28% of the world’s tantalum mine production and about 2% of the world’s mine production of tin3.
In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) was enacted. Section 1502 of the Act specifically relates to conflict minerals and, as implemented by Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, requires registrants (issuers of securities that are required to file periodic reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)) to make disclosures, for each calendar year, if conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured by the registrant or contracted by the registrant to be manufactured. If the registrant determines, for a calendar year, that conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured by the registrant or contracted by the registrant to be manufactured, the SEC registrant is required to file a Form SD with the SEC for that calendar year. If, after conducting in good faith, a reasonable country of origin inquiry, the SEC registrant determines, or has reason to believe, that any of the 3TGs used in connection with the products for which it is responsible may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country, or did not come from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant is required to conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of its conflict minerals, following a nationally or internationally recognized framework. If, based on this due diligence, the registrant determines that, or is unable to determine whether, its conflict minerals originated from the DRC or an adjoining country, the registrant is also required to file a Conflict Minerals Report.
Philips has concluded, that:
| • | Philips has manufactured and contracted to manufacture products as to which 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production; and |
| • | Based on the reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI), Philips knows or has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary 3TGs originated or may have originated from the DRC or an adjoining country and knows or has reason to believe that they may not be solely from recycled or scrap sources. |
| • | Based on Philips’ due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of those necessary 3TGs used in its products, Philips is unable to determine for all 3TGs used in its products whether they originated from the DRC or an adjoining country. |
| 3 | See: https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2018/mcs2018.pdf |
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| • | As a result, Philips is filing this Conflict Minerals Report with the Form SD in accordance with the requirements of Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
2. Philips conflict-free minerals program
Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s health and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. The company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.
In 2017, Royal Philips was organized around the following reportable segments:
| • | For Personal Health businesses: Health & Wellness, Personal Care, Domestic Appliances, Sleep & Respiratory Care |
| • | For Diagnosis & Treatment businesses: Diagnostic Imaging, Image-Guided Therapy, Ultrasound |
| • | For Connected Care & Health Informatics businesses: Patient Care & Monitoring Solutions, Healthcare Informatics, Population Health Management |
| • | For HealthTech Other businesses: Innovation, Emerging Businesses, IP Royalties, Central costs and Other. |
In 2016, as part of its plan to sharpen its strategic focus on HealthTech, Philips established a stand-alone structure for its Lighting business (Philips Lighting), after which Philips Lighting was listed and started trading on Euronext in Amsterdam. Following the listing of Philips Lighting, Philips retained a 71.23% stake. In the course of 2017, Philips successfully completed three accelerated bookbuild offerings, gradually reducing its stake in Philips Lighting’s issued share capital to 29.01% by the end of 2017. Following a sale on April 25, 2017, Philips Lighting was presented as a discontinued operation as of the second quarter of 2017. Following a sale on November 28, 2017, Royal Philips lost control over Philips Lighting and no longer consolidated Philips Lighting under International Financial Reporting Standards. Following a sale on February 26, 2018, Philips’ stake in Philips Lighting’s issued share was further reduced to approximately 18.0%.
On June 30, 2017 Royal Philips also sold 80.1% of its stake in its combined Lumileds and Automotive businesses (Lumileds), a leader in light engine technology. From that date, the remaining 19.9% stake in Lumileds was no longer being consolidated.
Notwithstanding the divestments of Philips Lighting and Lumileds, this consolidated Conflict Minerals Report reflects the due diligence results in respect of Philips Lighting and the combined Lumileds and Automotive businesses for the entire year of 2017. Philips does not intend to include Philips Lighting and the combined Lumileds and Automotive businesses in future Conflict Minerals Reports.
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Supply chain characteristics for 3TG
The supply chain for 3TGs consists of many tiers. Before reaching Philips’ direct suppliers, in general, 3TGs will go from mines to traders, exporters, smelters or refiners (collectively referred to in this report as smelters), alloy producers and component manufacturers, and sometimes intermediate suppliers. One or more of the 3TG metals are contained in the vast majority of Philips products, typically in small quantities. Philips sources products and components from approximately 10,000 first tier suppliers globally. First tier suppliers are those suppliers that Philips selected and with whom Philips has a direct business relationship. These first tier suppliers may select their suppliers (second tier suppliers), which in turn may have their own group of suppliers (third tier), and so on. There may be seven or more tiers in the supply chain between a 3TG mine and Philips’ first tier suppliers. Philips works with its first tier suppliers to investigate the deeper levels of the supply chain, to determine the origin of 3TGs contained in Philips products.
Philips due diligence program
Due to Philips’ position in the supply chain and limited insight in and leverage over the lower levels of the supply chain, Philips engages and actively cooperates with other industry members. As encouraged in the third edition of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (including its supplements on 3TG, referred to in this report as “OECD Guidance”), the internationally recognized standard on which Philips’ system is based, Philips supports an industry initiative, the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), that uses an independent third-party audit to identify smelters that have systems in place to assure sourcing of only conflict-free materials. The RMI, formerly known as the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), was founded by members of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), formerly known as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), and, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI).
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The data on which certain statements in this report are based were obtained through Philips’ membership in the RMI, using the RMI Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry report4. In addition, Philips uses the tools and supports the initiatives developed by the RMI especially the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), formerly known as the Conflict Free Smelter Program (CFSP).
Philips designed its conflict minerals supply chain due diligence program with reference to the OECD Guidance and the five steps described in the supplements on 3TG.
OECD Step 1: Company Management system
Philips adopted a position paper on responsible sourcing in relation to conflict minerals. The position paper is posted on Philips’ website. In addition, Philips has communicated its position on conflict minerals to all priority suppliers (see below section “OECD Step 2” for the definition of priority suppliers). Philips has committed not to purchase raw materials, subassemblies, or supplies which Philips knows contain conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country. Philips’ program goals, as described in the position paper, encourage the development of initiatives that will:
| • | Minimize the trade in conflict minerals from mines that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups anywhere in the world. |
| • | Enable legitimate minerals from the conflict and high risk regions to enter global supply chains, thereby supporting the economies and the local communities that depend on these exports. |
Philips created and maintains an internal conflict minerals team to manage the implementation and progress of Philips’ due diligence efforts. The internal team consists of representatives from Procurement, Sustainability, Finance and Control, Legal and the Ethics Office.
Philips established a system of control and transparency over its 3TG supply chains by creating a process to engage a group of first tier priority suppliers and request them to submit information to Philips using the CMRT5. The information submitted by priority suppliers includes information gathered by those suppliers about the smelters identified in their own supply chains. The information was used by Philips to assess the due diligence efforts implemented by priority suppliers, and, to identify smelters in the supply chain.
| 4 | This list provides country of origin information for smelting and refining facilities that are validated through the Conflict-Free Smelter Program. This data is based on the results of independent third-party audits and is available to RMI member companies only. The audit standard is developed according to global standards including the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| 5 | The CMRT is a survey tool developed by the RMI to standardize collection of due diligence information in the supply chain. |
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Philips made responsible sourcing of minerals a supplier contract requirement. The Philips Supplier Sustainability Declaration (SSD) includes a provision about Responsible Sourcing of Minerals. The SSD is part of the general conditions of purchase, and of the purchasing agreements signed with suppliers. It requires suppliers to have a policy in place to reasonably assure that their 3TG does not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups that are perpetrators of serious human rights abuses in the DRC or an adjoining country, and to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody.
For first tier suppliers Philips has a supplier sustainability performance program6 in place in which implementation of the SSD is assessed. Responsible Sourcing of Minerals is one of the topics reviewed in this program. In case non-conformances are identified during the assessment, suppliers are requested to make a corrective action plan and Philips monitors the implementation of this plan until the non-conformance is corrected.
Multiple communication channels exist to serve as grievance mechanisms for early-warning risk awareness. Internally, Philips has a hotline available to its personnel to report anonymously possible violations of Philips General Business Principles and other policies. Externally, concerns can be reported via the externally hosted Philips Ethics Line, Philips’ website and via existing industry grievance mechanisms like RMI and ITRI’s Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi).
OECD Step 2: Risk identification and assessment
Given the large number and diversity of Philips’ suppliers, Philips focuses its efforts on a group of first tier priority suppliers (referred to as “priority suppliers”) and works with them to identify the smelters in their supply chain. Priority suppliers are selected based on two primary factors:
| • | Purchasing spend |
The selected priority suppliers cover the top 80% spend of the commodity groups identified by Philips as relevant due to the usage of 3TG as a component. Philips uses a system to classify suppliers in commodity groups, for example, plastics, packaging, and metals. Philips excluded suppliers in commodity groups for which it is unlikely that one or more of the 3TGs is contained in the products, for example, software suppliers and packaging suppliers.
| • | Usage of 3TG |
Suppliers with products that contain a high quantity of 3TG were selected as priority suppliers with a significantly lowered purchasing spend threshold (e.g. solder suppliers). Even if these suppliers are not in the scope of the top 80% spend cut off, Philips includes them based on the relatively high quantity of 3TG content they supply.
All identified priority suppliers receive a letter formally requesting them to:
| 6 | More information about the Philips supplier sustainability performance program can be found here: https://www.results.philips.com/publications/ar17/downloads/pdf/en/PhilipsFullAnnualReport2017-English.pdf |
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| • | Adopt a policy to reasonably assure that the 3TG in their products does not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country. |
| • | Identify all 3TG smelters in their supply chain. If they do not source directly from smelters, they are asked to pass on this request to their suppliers (who may have to pass it on to their suppliers, until the smelters are identified). |
| • | Cascade Philips’ request to only source from RMAP (or equivalent) compliant smelters to their suppliers and ask them to do the same with their next tier partners. |
| • | Report back to Philips by filling in the CMRT. |
A Philips conflict minerals helpdesk is available to increase awareness amongst priority suppliers and to help them meet Philips’ expectations/requirements. Different background and training materials are made available to suppliers. In addition, Philips organizes webinars for suppliers.
Philips reviews each received supplier CMRT and assesses whether it meets the acceptance criteria related to completeness, the supplier’s data collection from next tier suppliers, smelter identification and disclosure, and, whether the supplier has adopted a conflict-free policy. Suppliers with a CMRT that does not meet the acceptance criteria are requested to take corrective actions and update their CMRT accordingly.
Philips reviews the supplier CMRTs to determine if there are any findings that indicate a need to conduct further due diligence and gather more detailed information. An example of such a finding is when suppliers indicate that their 3TG metals originate from the DRC or adjoining countries.
Philips evaluates the smelters identified in the supplier CMRTs based on the information available. Philips mainly uses the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) compliant and active7 smelter list to evaluate the identified smelter. RMAP recognizes and includes smelters from other lists such as the London Bullion Metal Association (LBMA) and Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC). If available, Philips will also use other sources of information to assess potential risk. For example, Philips may review publicly available reports or direct information that Philips may have about a smelter’s sourcing practices.
OECD Step 3: Strategy to respond to identified risks
Progress and findings of the supply chain risk assessment are regularly reported to senior management. The risk management plan adopted by Philips is in accordance with its policy to ultimately discontinue doing business with any supplier found to be purchasing 3TG material which directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries, after attempts at corrective actions are not successful.
| 7 | RMI active smelter and refiners are at various stages of the audit cycle (undergoing or committed to undergo the audit). The full definition of RMI “active” smelters can be found here: http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/active-smelters-refiners/ |
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To monitor and track performance of risk management efforts, Philips uses data reported by suppliers in the CMRTs and updates of the RMAP compliant smelter list. The status is discussed internally in monthly reviews with the conflict minerals team and reported to senior management.
Philips requests priority suppliers to update and resend their CMRT when additional information becomes available. When updates are received, the CMRT review step as described above is repeated to assess and mitigate risks.
OECD Step 4: Audits of smelter due diligence practices
The fourth step in the OECD guidance is to carry out independent third-party audits of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain. Philips is a member of RMI and uses information provided by the RMI for this step. Through its membership, Philips has access to the RMI RCOI report data which is used to identify the minerals country of origin and conflict-free status of smelters.
Philips contributes to the RMI as a member company and encourages smelters to participate in the RMAP through direct communication and smelter outreach communication.
OECD Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence.
Since 2014, Philips reports annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC. Philips has been including certain disclosures about the use of conflict minerals since 2009, even before the SEC’s rules first became effective. A dedicated conflict minerals website with information for consumers, customers and suppliers is available. In 2012, Philips was the first company to publish its smelter list, and, will continue to regularly update this list as more information becomes available.
| 3. | Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry results |
As described above, SEC rules that if, after conducting in good faith, a reasonable country of origin inquiry, an SEC registrant determines, or has reason to believe, that any of the 3TGs used in connection with the products for which it is responsible may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country, or did not come from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant is required to conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of its conflict minerals, following a nationally or internationally recognized framework.
Philips identified 423 priority suppliers and used the data provided by these suppliers in their CMRTs to identify the smelters in the Philips supply chain. These smelters may have been used to process 3TG metals contained in Philips products.
Philips achieved a 95% response rate in its supply chain investigation and 83% of the submitted CMRTs met or exceeded the Philips 2017 minimum acceptance criteria. Names of 336 different entities were provided by priority suppliers as part of their smelter lists.
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However, some of the entities named by the priority suppliers may not be smelters. Philips used the “RMI smelter reference list” in the CMRT version 5.10 as a reference to compile the Philips Smelter List. Based on this reference list, Philips identified a total of 312 recognized smelters in the supply chain out of the 336 names reported to Philips.
Philips researched the remaining 24 entities reported and concluded that 19 of them are most likely not smelters, or have discontinued their operations as smelters. This effort left the number of named entities that are not possible for Philips to confirm to a total of 5. Philips is continuing to investigate these 5 non-recognized smelters, in this report also referred to as “non-listed smelters”, to try to obtain a confirmation of their smelter/non smelter status.
As a result of focusing on improving the smelter data quality received from the priority suppliers, Philips was able to reduce the number of non-listed smelters from 85 reported in 2015, to 9 reported in 2016, to 5 entities in 2017.
Below, information is provided about the 312 recognized smelters that were matched with the RMI smelter reference list. Philips submits the list of the 5 non-listed smelters to RMI in order to help improve the coverage of and broadening the shared smelter database.
The majority of the smelters identified by the priority suppliers are located in Asia, with 86 smelters in China, followed by Indonesia (36) and Japan (29).
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Results of the RCOI (Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry)
| Gold | Tantalum | Tin | Tungsten | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Smelters known to source from the DRC |
0 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 33 | |||||||||||||||
| Smelters known to source from the DRC adjoining countries |
0 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| Smelters known to process only recycled or scrap materials |
11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| Smelters known to source from outside the DRC or adjoining countries |
15 | 39 | 67 | 40 | 161 | |||||||||||||||
| Smelters that disclosed mineral country of origin to auditors only |
72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||||||||
| Smelters with unknown mineral origin |
43 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 59 | |||||||||||||||
For the 312 identified smelters, Philips used the RMI Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry report. This country of origin data is available for smelters that successfully completed an RMAP audit and chose to disclose their sourcing countries to the RMI. 72 of the identified RMAP compliant smelters – all gold smelters – chose to disclose their mineral country of origin to the auditors only and not make it available for RMI members. The table above shows the results of the RCOI. The total number shown in the table is not equal to the total number of identified smelters, because a smelter may fall into more than one category (e.g., a smelter can source from both the DRC as well as from countries outside the DRC).
In the CMRTs received, 226 suppliers indicated that their products contain 3TG metals that originated from the DRC or adjoining countries. Philips requested these suppliers to disclose which smelters were supplying the related minerals, and asked to provide additional information to confirm the conflict-free status of their supply chains. All 226 suppliers reported the names of smelters known to them to process the 3TG originating from the DRC or adjoining countries, and all these smelters were RMAP compliant.
| 4. | Due diligence framework & measures8 |
Framework
The Philips conflict minerals due diligence measures for the reporting period of calendar year 2017 have been designed to conform in all material respects to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition (2016), as applicable for downstream companies.
| 8 | The due diligence framework and measures, as described in Section 4 of this report have been audited by Ernst & Young Accountants LLP, Philips’ independent external auditor, to the extent set forth in the audit report, which, is set forth as Exhibit A to this Conflict Minerals Report. |
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Measures
Below is a description of the measures Philips performed to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals contained in Philips’ products.
| • | Philips updated its position paper on responsible sourcing in relation to conflict minerals. |
| • | The Philips conflict minerals team met once a month to review progress and results of supplier data collection, supplier due diligence and smelter identification. Internal performance reports were created for these meetings using the data from Supplier Sustainability Scorecards, with a detailed overview of the monthly progress of suppliers in the program, including highlights, areas of concern, outlook for coming weeks, and identified risks. |
| • | In total, 12 Supplier Sustainability Scorecards (Royal Philips only) were shared with senior management and the main topics addressed regarding Conflict Minerals included: |
| • | The Progress of CMRT collection from priority suppliers |
| • | The Status of supplier CMRTs with regards to meeting Philips’ acceptance criteria |
| • | Philips contacted priority suppliers via a letter, explaining Philips’ expectations/requirements and requesting suppliers to fill out the CMRT. The letter is posted on the Philips conflict minerals website and was communicated to all priority suppliers. |
| • | Philips requested that the priority suppliers cascade the Philips request to source from RMAP (or equivalent) validated smelters only to their suppliers and ask them to do the same with their next tier partners in order to steer the supply chain to only use validated smelters. |
| • | Philips organized supplier webinar trainings. The goal of the webinars was to raise awareness, explain Philips’ expectations towards suppliers regarding conflict minerals, and help suppliers in setting up their own conflict minerals program. |
| • | Philips requested priority suppliers to investigate their supply chain and report to Philips using the CMRT. When lack of progress was observed in supplier CMRT collection, Philips followed-up with suppliers and sent out multiple reminders via email and contacted them by phone. |
| • | Philips reviewed all received supplier CMRTs to evaluate whether they met the acceptance criteria related to completeness, adoption of a conflict-free policy, data collection from next tier suppliers, and smelter identification and disclosure. Suppliers with a CMRT that did not meet the acceptance criteria, did not provide complete information or provided information that was potentially inaccurate were requested to take corrective actions and update their CMRT accordingly. |
| • | Philips reviewed the received supplier CMRTs to determine if there were any findings that indicated a need to conduct further due diligence and gather more detailed information and Philips pursued that course of action in a number of cases. |
| • | Philips compared smelters identified in supplier CMRTs against the list of smelters that were audited through the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) or other independent third party audit programs. |
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| • | As a member of the RMI, Philips leveraged the due diligence conducted on smelters by the RMI’s RMAP. This program uses independent third-party auditors to audit the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters that agree to participate in the RMAP. |
| • | Philips published the “Philips Conflict Minerals Reporting Template” on the Philips conflict minerals website, including a list of all smelters identified by the selected priority suppliers during 2017. |
| • | Philips filed the Conflict Minerals Report (and the Exhibits thereto) with the SEC for the reporting period 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and is filing the Conflict Minerals Report for 2017 on 25th May 2018 as Exhibit 1.01 to Form SD. The report is available on the Philips conflict minerals website. |
| 5. | Due diligence outcomes |
To the best of Philips’ knowledge, none of the smelters identified in Philips’ supply chain are known to source 3TG that directly or indirectly benefit armed groups in the DRC. 267 (86%) of the 312 smelters identified by Philips participated in the RMAP or equivalent audit program. 253 (81%) of the identified smelters successfully passed the RMAP or equivalent audit, thereby confirming their conflict-free status under those standards. 14 (5%) of the identified smelters are in various stages of the audit (so-called “RMI active smelters”9). The remaining 45 (14%) identified smelters have not started a valid independent third-party audit to confirm their conflict-free status. Accordingly, the conflict-free status of these 45 unaudited smelters as well as the 14 active smelters that are in various stages of the audit process is reported in this conflict minerals report as undeterminable.
Philips did not discontinue business with any direct suppliers in the reporting period because there was no reason to believe that any of the suppliers was purchasing 3TG that directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries. Philips nevertheless will review and potentially remove smelters from its supply chain when Philips has concerns regarding their due diligence process and/or sourcing practices. Given the fact that neither Philips nor its suppliers have a direct business relationship with the entities with respect to which Philips is further investigating concerns, the process takes time.
| 6. | Determination |
Philips has not been able to confirm the identification of a conflict-free status under the RMAP standards for all smelters used in its supply chain. The number of smelters in the Philips supply chain validated through RMAP or equivalent audit scheme increased substantially compared to the previous years. None of the smelters identified in Philips’ supply chain is known to Philips as sourcing 3TG that directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries.
| 9 | RMI active smelter and refiners are at various stages of the audit cycle (undergoing or committed to undergo the audit). The full definition of RMI “active” smelters can be found here: http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/active-smelters-refiners/ |
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As a result of the due diligence measures performed, Philips provides below the known smelter facilities that may have been used to process 3TG metals contained in Philips products, and their conflict-free status. The conflict-free status is based on the RMI RCOI report which the RMI provides to its members. Philips includes the category “RMI Active” as it shows smelters which committed to or are currently in the process of undertaking an audit. The list of smelter facilities provided in Section 8 of this Conflict Minerals Report includes all 312 entities that were confirmed to be smelters.
This Conflict Minerals Report is intended to cover Philips’ entire product portfolio that uses 3TG. Given Philips’ large product portfolio and extensive supplier base, Philips does not have component level information from all of its 10,000 first tier suppliers. As a result thereof, the approach is to conduct supply chain due diligence and report at the company level for the entire product portfolio, rather than for specific Philips products. This enables Philips to focus its efforts on building, maintaining, and improving a robust due diligence program that makes a difference for the communities in the DRC or adjoining countries.
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| 7. | Steps to improve future due diligence |
For the next reporting year, Philips plans to:
| • | Continue to leverage its position as a strategic partner in the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM), a public-private cooperation that supports and complements the EU conflict minerals legislation. As a strategic partner, Philips will engage in responsible sourcing projects (with a scope broadened to conflict and high-risk areas world-wide as well as a wider array of human rights related as well as environmental issues addressed) in order to increase the supply of and the demand for responsibly sourced minerals. Furthermore, Philips will act as a liaison between EPRM and other responsible sourcing initiatives in which Philips participates (e.g., Dutch Covenant on Gold, Sustainable Tin Working Group or Responsible Mica Initiative). |
| • | Continue the engagement with existing industry programs and groups to encourage further adoption, improvement and reliability in relevant programs, tools and standards. |
| • | Continue to reach out to smelters to encourage their participation in relevant responsible sourcing initiatives. |
| • | Continue to work with priority suppliers to: |
| • | help them understand and satisfy Philips’ responsible sourcing expectations |
| • | help them implement or further improve their due diligence process |
| • | investigate their supply chain and identify smelters |
| • | confirm the conflict-free status of identified smelters |
| • | Communicate to priority suppliers Philips’ expectation that they steer their supply chain towards RMAP (or equivalent) compliant smelters only. |
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| 8. | List of smelter facilities |
The table below represents a consolidated list of smelters (312 in total) identified by Philips’ priority suppliers. The results are based on:
| • | Information provided by the selected priority suppliers in their CMRTs |
| • | Smelter database information available to the RMI members |
| • | RMI smelter reference list, as included in the CMRT version 5.10 (released December 1st, 2017) |
| • | RCOI report provided by the RMI – version March 16th, 2018 |
| Metal |
Smelter Name |
Smelter ID |
RMAP Compliant10 |
RMI Active | ||||
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | CID002708 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | CID000015 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | CID000019 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold LLC | CID002560 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | CID000035 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | CID000041 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | CID000058 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | CID000077 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | CID000082 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CID000924 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | CID000920 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | CID000090 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | CID000103 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | CID002850 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Aurubis AG | CID000113 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | CID002863 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | CID000128 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Boliden AB | CID000157 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | CID000176 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Caridad | CID000180 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CID000185 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | CID000189 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | CID000233 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Chugai Mining | CID000264 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | CID000328 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CID000343 | NO | NO |
| 10 | RMAP has mutual audit recognition with LBMA and RJC. This list includes compliant smelters under all 3 schemes. |
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| Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | CID002867 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | CID000362 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Dowa | CID000401 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | CID000359 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | CID000425 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | CID001322 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | CID002561 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | CID002852 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | CID002459 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CID002243 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CID001909 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CID002312 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CID000651 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CID000671 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | HeeSung Metal Ltd. | CID000689 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | CID000694 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CID000707 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | CID000711 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CID000767 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | CID000778 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CID000801 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | CID000807 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | CID000814 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Italpreziosi | CID002765 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Japan Mint | CID000823 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CID000855 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | CID000927 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | CID000929 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | CID000937 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | CID000956 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Kazzinc | CID000957 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | CID000969 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | CID002511 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | CID000981 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | CID002605 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | CID001029 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | CID002865 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | L’azurde Company For Jewelry | CID001032 | NO | NO |
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| Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CID001056 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CID001058 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | L’Orfebre S.A. | CID002762 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | CID001078 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CID001093 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Marsam Metals | CID002606 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Materion | CID001113 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | CID001119 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CID001149 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | CID001152 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CID001147 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | CID001153 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | CID001157 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | CID001161 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | CID001188 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | CID001193 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | CID002509 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | CID002857 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Morris and Watson | CID002282 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Morris and Watson Gold Coast | CID002866 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | CID001204 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | CID001220 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | CID001236 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | CID001259 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | CID002779 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | CID001325 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | CID001326 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | CID000493 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | PAMP S.A. | CID001352 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Pease & Curren | CID002872 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CID001362 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CID002919 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | CID001386 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | CID001397 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | CID001498 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | CID001512 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CID000522 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | CID002582 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | CID002510 | YES | NO |
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| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CID001534 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | SAAMP | CID002761 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | CID001546 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Safimet S.p.A | CID002973 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CID002290 | NO | YES | ||||
| Gold | Sai Refinery | CID002853 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | CID001555 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | CID001562 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | CID002777 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | CID001573 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | CID001585 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CID001619 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CID001622 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CID001736 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | CID002516 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | CID001754 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | CID001756 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | CID001761 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | CID003153 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | CID001798 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | CID002918 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | CID002580 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | CID001875 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CID001916 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | CID001938 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CID001947 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | CID002615 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Torecom | CID001955 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | CID001977 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | CID002314 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | CID001980 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | CID001993 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | CID002854 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | CID002003 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | CID002030 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | CID002778 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | CID002100 | YES | NO |
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| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | CID002129 | YES | NO | ||||
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CID000197 | NO | NO | ||||
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CID002224 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | CID000092 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CID000211 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | CID002504 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan | CID000410 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | CID000456 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CID000460 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CID002505 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | CID002558 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | CID002557 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. | CID000291 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CID000616 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | CID002544 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | CID002547 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | CID002548 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | CID002549 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | CID002550 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | CID002545 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CID002492 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CID002512 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CID002842 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd. | CID003191 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CID000914 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited | CID000917 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CID002506 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | CID002539 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | CID002568 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CID000973 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | CID001076 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | CID001163 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | CID001175 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | CID001192 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CID001277 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | CID001200 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Power Resources Ltd. | CID002847 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | CID001508 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | CID002707 | YES | NO |
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| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CID001522 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | CID001769 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | CID001869 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | CID001891 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | CID001969 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CID002508 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CID002307 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Alpha | CID000292 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | CID002703 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CID000228 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CID001070 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CID000278 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | CID002570 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | CID002592 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | CID000306 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | CID000313 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan | CID002593 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV United Smelting | CID000315 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | CID002455 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Dowa | CID000402 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | CID002572 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tin | EM Vinto | CID000438 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | CID000448 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | Fenix Metals | CID000468 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | CID002848 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | CID002859 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CID000942 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CID000538 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CID001908 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CID000555 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CID003116 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CID002849 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CID002844 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CID000760 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CID000244 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | CID002468 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | CID001105 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | CID002500 | YES | NO |
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| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | CID001142 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | CID002773 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | CID002774 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | CID001173 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Minsur | CID001182 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | CID001191 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | CID002858 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CID001231 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | CID002573 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | CID001314 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | CID002517 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | CID001337 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | CID000309 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | CID001399 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | CID002503 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | CID001402 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | CID002776 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | CID001419 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | CID001421 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | CID001428 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | CID001434 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | CID001438 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | CID002530 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | CID001448 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | CID002829 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | CID002870 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | CID002835 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | CID001453 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | CID002757 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | CID001457 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | CID001458 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | CID001460 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | CID001463 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | CID001468 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | CID002816 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | CID001471 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | CID001477 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | CID001482 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | CID001490 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | CID001493 | YES | NO |
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| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | CID002706 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | CID001539 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | CID001758 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Super Ligas | CID002756 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | Thaisarco | CID001898 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | CID002574 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | CID002036 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CID002158 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | CID002180 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | CID000004 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | CID002833 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | CID002502 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CID002513 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID000258 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID000499 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002645 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CID000875 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002315 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CID002494 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002536 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | CID000568 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID000218 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | CID002542 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | CID002541 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CID000766 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CID002579 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CID000769 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CID003182 | NO | YES | ||||
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | CID002649 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | CID000825 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CID002551 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002647 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002321 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CID002313 | NO | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CID002318 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CID002317 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CID002535 | YES | NO |
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| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002316 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | CID000966 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | CID000105 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002319 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | CID002845 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | CID002589 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | CID002543 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | CID002827 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | CID002815 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID001889 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | CID002724 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CID002011 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | CID002044 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | CID002843 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CID002320 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002082 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | CID002830 | YES | NO | ||||
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CID002095 | YES | NO |
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| 9. | Independent private sector audit |
Philips obtained an independent external auditor’s assurance report as to whether the design of Philips’ due diligence framework (as described in Section 4) conforms to a recognized due diligence framework and whether the description of the due diligence performance in the Conflict Minerals Report (as described in Section 4) is consistent with the due diligence measures Philips undertook. This report is set forth as Exhibit A to this report.
| 10. | Data sources used |
| • | RMI Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry report – version March16th, 2018 |
| • | CMRTs received from priority suppliers until April 2018 |
| • | RMI smelter reference list, as included in the CMRT version 5.10 (released December 1st, 2017) |
| • | Smelter database information available to the RMI members |
| 11. | Abbreviations |
| Abbreviation |
Term | |
| 3TG | Tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold | |
| CFSI | Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative | |
| CFSP | Conflict Free Smelter Program | |
| CMRT | RMI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template | |
| EICC | Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition | |
| EPRM | European Partnership for Responsible Minerals | |
| Form SD | Specialized Disclosure Form | |
| GeSI | Global e-Sustainability Initiative | |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | |
| RBA | Responsible Business Alliance | |
| RCOI | Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry | |
| RMAP | Responsible Minerals Assurance Process | |
| RMI | Responsible Minerals Initiative | |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| SSD | Supplier Sustainability Declaration |
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Exhibit A – Independent Auditors’ Report
To: the Supervisory Board
Our opinion
We have performed a reasonable assurance engagement (hereafter: performance audit) on the information in the accompanying section 4 Due diligence framework & measures of the Conflict Minerals Report of Koninklijke Philips N.V. (hereafter: the Company), based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands for the year ended December 31 2017 (hereafter: section 4 of the Conflict Minerals Report).
In our opinion:
| • | the design of the Company’s due diligence framework with respect to the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017, as referred to in paragraph Framework of section 4 of the Conflict Minerals Report is, in all material respects, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition 2016 (OECD Due Diligence Guidance) that the Company used, and |
| • | the Company’s description of the due diligence measures it performed with respect to the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017, as set forth in paragraph Measures of section 4 of the Conflict Minerals Report is, in all material respects, consistent with the due diligence process that the Company actually undertook. |
Our performance audit is restricted to section 4 of the Conflict Minerals Report. We have not performed assurance procedures on any other information in the Conflict Minerals Report.
Our performance audit was not conducted for the purpose of evaluating:
| • | The consistency of the due diligence measures that the Company performed with either the design of the Company’s due diligence framework or the OECD Due Diligence Guidance |
| • | The completeness of the Company’s description of the due diligence measures performed |
| • | The suitability of the design or operating effectiveness of the Company’s due diligence process |
| • | Whether a third party can determine from the Conflict Minerals Report if the due diligence measures the Company performed are consistent with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance |
Basis for our opinion
We have performed our performance audit on section 4 of the Conflict Minerals Report in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000: ’Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information’, issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, and the standards applicable to performance audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Our responsibilities under this standard are further described in the section “Our responsibilities” of our report.
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We believe that the assurance evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Responsibilities of management
Management is responsible for the design of the Company’s due diligence framework and the description of the Company’s due diligence measures as set forth in the Conflict Minerals Report, and performance of the due diligence measures.
Furthermore, management is responsible for such internal control as it determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the Conflict Minerals Report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or errors.
Our responsibilities
Our responsibility is to plan and perform the performance audit in a manner that allows us to obtain sufficient and appropriate assurance evidence for our opinion. This includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the design of the Company’s due diligence framework and the description of the due diligence measures the Company performed, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
Our performance audit is aimed at obtaining reasonable assurance. Our performance has been performed with a high, but not absolute, level of assurance, which means we may not have detected all material errors and fraud.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the decisions of users taken on the basis of the Conflict Minerals Report. The materiality affects the nature, timing and extent of our assurance procedures and the evaluation of the effect of identified misstatements on our opinion.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the independence and other ethical requirements set forth in the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued by the International Ethics Standards Board. We apply the International Standard on Quality Control 1, and accordingly maintain a comprehensive system of quality control including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands May 25, 2018
/s/ Ernst & Young Accountants LLP
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