Rhode Island
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05-0155090
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1027 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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02861
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Established a policy statement with respect to sourcing of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") and its adjoining countries and published this statement online at the following internet address {http://csr.hasbro.com/has12-conflict-minerals-policy.php}.
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Established an internal governance structure that included a cross functional conflict minerals steering committee and working group comprised of representatives from Global Operations, Quality Assurance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Information Technology, Legal, Finance and Investor Relations.
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Engaged with at-risk suppliers of owned and operated facilities (direct suppliers) and third party vendors (contract manufacturers) that Hasbro believed were most likely to supply products containing 3TG, by sending a notification letter stating that Hasbro is subject to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, and that their cooperation in responding to a survey is expected.
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Participated in discussions about conflict minerals and related sourcing issues with members of the Toy Industry Association.
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Conducted a supply chain survey based on the EICC/GeSI conflict minerals questionnaire with 53 at-risk suppliers identified during our applicability assessment and RCOI.
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Provided surveyed suppliers with links to multi-language conflict minerals web-based training presentations that included an overview of the conflict minerals rules under the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as trainings on how to complete the survey.
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Developed a grievance mechanism to enable the reporting of grievances via the Hasbro Helpline or the Hasbro Conflict Minerals email identified in the policy statement available at the following internet address {http://csr.hasbro.com/has12-conflict-minerals-policy.php }.
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Established a plan to retain conflict minerals program documentation for at least 5 years.
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Suppliers surveyed were asked to identify smelters and refiners based on the EICC/GeSI conflict minerals questionnaire.
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Every survey received was logged in our technology platform and reviewed manually by Hasbro personnel.
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Survey responses that we believed to be incomplete or inconsistent were identified for additional follow-up.
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Smelters identified by suppliers surveyed by Hasbro were compared against the Conflict Free Smelter program list or the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Good Delivery List.
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Supplier review response process included reporting of risk management activities to members of the steering committee.
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Suppliers that did not respond to Hasbro's initial survey request were sent up to three escalation notifications requesting that they provide the information requested.
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Suppliers who provided incomplete or inconsistent responses were sent a follow-up corrective action letter asking them to update their survey response.
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Suppliers who did not update their survey response based on the corrective action notification will be subject to Hasbro's continual improvement plan.
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Hasbro contacted suppliers who identified smelters that were not designated as conflict free to determine if they had any additional information regarding country of origin of the conflict minerals.
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Boys: Boys products include action figures, vehicles, playsets and role play items. Boys' franchise brands include the NERF line of sports and action products and TRANSFORMERS action figures and accessories. Our boys' category also included SUPER SOAKER water blasters, G.I. JOE action figures and accessories and entertainment-based licensed products based on popular movie, television and comic book characters.
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Games: Our games category included an assortment of brands delivered on various gaming platforms, including action battling, board, off-the-board, digital, trading card and role-playing games. Franchise brands in Games comprise MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY, and other major game brands included in our Games business are BATTLESHIP, BOP-IT, CANDYLAND, CLUE, CONNECT 4, CRANIUM, DUEL MASTERS, ELEFUN & FRIENDS, GAME OF LIFE, JENGA, OPERATION, RISK, SORRY!, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, TWISTER, and YAHTZEE.
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Girls: In our Girls business we offer small dolls and fashion dolls, creative play products, and active role play products. Girls' franchise brands comprise LITTLEST PET SHOP, MY LITTLE PONY and NERF REBELLE. Other major girls' brands included FURREAL FRIENDS, BABY ALIVE, EASY BAKE and FURBY.
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Pre-school: Franchise brand offerings in the preschool category included PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS products. Other major preschool brands included PLAYSKOOL.
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Update contract terms and conditions for new contracts requiring direct suppliers and contract manufacturers to respond to inquiries regarding conflict minerals in a timely manner.
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Continue engaging non-responsive and non-compliant suppliers from 2013 into the 2014 reporting period.
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Continue to work with direct suppliers and contract manufacturers to identify to the extent possible the source of conflict minerals used in Hasbro's products.
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Build capabilities with active and new contract manufacturers by helping them understand the importance of this initiative to Hasbro and to encourage their participation in 2014 through supplier trainings.
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Encourage suppliers to source from smelters that have received the conflict free designation.
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As part of its continual improvement plan, Hasbro will be working with its suppliers who supply products to multiple customers, and who use conflict minerals from multiple sources (such as multiple smelters), to determine how to potentially track individual sources of conflict minerals to individual products or product lines.
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