EX-1.02 2 d747549dex102.htm EX-1.02 EX-1.02

Exhibit 1.02

Conflict Minerals Report of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in Accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. for calendar year 2013 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). This Report contains information regarding all of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s merchandising concepts (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, PBteen, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham). Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and its concepts are retailers of high-quality consumer products for the kitchen and home, including kitchen essentials, dinnerware, cookware, electrics, cutlery, furniture, bedding, bathroom accessories, lighting, decorative accessories, rugs, curtains, gifts, hardware, small leather goods, jewelry, and home décor. Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s merchandising concepts contract to manufacture some, although not all, of the products they sell.

Due Diligence (Instructions 1.01(c)(1))

Overview: Tin, tungsten, tantalum or gold (“3TGs”) are necessary to the functionality of certain lighting and decorative accessories products that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. contracts to be manufactured (“In-Scope Products”).  For calendar year 2013, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. completed due diligence that encompassed:

 

    a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the 3TGs in the In-Scope Products that was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country (“Covered Country”) or are from recycled or scrap sources; and

 

    measures to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those 3TGs.

For Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s due diligence exercise, the company created a team to oversee the process, which consisted of key personnel in the following departments: the Global Operations Department, the Sustainable Development Department, the Legal Department and the Finance Department.

The due diligence exercise conformed to an internationally recognized due diligence framework developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of its “Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas” (“OECD Guidance”).  In accordance with the OECD Guidance,


Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s due diligence exercise included: 1) adoption of a Conflict Minerals Policy, which was sent to relevant suppliers of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s products; 2) review and assessment of risk in the supply chain; and 3) a strategy to identify and respond to risks in the supply chain.1

Work with Suppliers: Williams-Sonoma, Inc. adopted the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative’s (EICC-GsSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting template. Members of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s Legal Department and Sustainable Development Department then identified suppliers of products that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. contracted to have manufactured and for which 3TGs might be necessary for product functionality or production. These suppliers were generally suppliers of lighting products and decorative accessories.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. contacted each supplier and requested that it complete the EICC-GsSI Reporting Template. A third-party vendor was engaged to streamline this process by allowing suppliers to enter responses via the online EICC-GsSI Reporting Template. The vendor provided support for suppliers in completing the survey and also aggregated the data provided by suppliers so that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. could review and analyze the data.

As a retailer of consumer products, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is several levels removed from the mining of conflict minerals, does not make direct purchases of raw or unrefined minerals and makes no purchases in the Covered Countries. Therefore, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. requested that each supplier identify whether 3TGs are used in items produced for the company, whether the minerals were recycled or scrap, and if not, all the smelters in the supplier’s supply chain, including the name and country of the smelter, and whether those smelters had been validated as conflict-free in accordance with the Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) program. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. performed a good-faith review of the responses received from suppliers and performed an assessment of the data and requested additional information from suppliers as appropriate. All suppliers were asked to review the Conflict Minerals Policy and to sign a form acknowledging the policy.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. was able to determine with reasonable certainty the country of origin for many of the 3TGs used in its products. However, not all suppliers completed the requested EICC-GsSI Reporting Template, notwithstanding repeated urging that they do so by Williams-Sonoma, Inc.  Additionally, not all suppliers that completed the template identified smelters for their 3TGs. In some instances, this is because the suppliers could not obtain information regarding smelters from the sources of 3TGs. Where suppliers identified smelters used to process the necessary 3TGs, none were located in the Covered Countries, and many were part of the CFS program.

 

1  Paragraph 1.01(c)(1)(iii) of the Rule 13p-1 instructions for Form SD requires disclosure of certain types of steps “since the end of the period covered in [the registrant’s] most recent prior Conflict Minerals Report.” Williams-Sonoma, Inc. understands that this instruction is inapplicable since there is no prior report.

 

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Product Description and Related Matters (Instructions 1.01(c)(2))

Description of In-Scope Products: The In-Scope Products are lighting and decorative accessories, including some seasonal merchandise, bath hardware, and tabletop items.

Facilities Used to Process Necessary Conflict Minerals in In-Scope Products:

Due diligence revealed that necessary conflict minerals used in In-Scope products were derived from the smelters and countries identified below. This list only includes smelter information provided by those suppliers who completed the EICC-GsSI Reporting Template.

 

SMELTER    COUNTRY
A.L.M.T. CORP.    JAPAN
AIDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO. LTD    JAPAN
AIM    CANADA
ALLGEMEINE GOLD- UND SILBERSCHEIDEANSTALT A.G.    GERMANY
ALMALYK MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN
AMERICAN IRON AND METAL    CANADA
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI MINERAÇÃO LTDA    BRAZIL
ARCELORMITTAL    CANADA
ARGOR-HERAEUS SA    SWITZERLAND
ASAHI PRETEC CORPORATION    JAPAN
ASAKA RIKEN CO LTD    JAPAN
ATASAY KUYUMCULUK SANAYI VE TICARET A.S.    TURKEY
ATI TUNGSTEN MATERIALS    UNITED STATES
AURUBIS AG    GERMANY
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS (CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES)    PHILIPPINES
BEST METALS    UNKNOWN
BOLIDEN AB    SWEDEN
UNKNOWN    INDIA
CARIDAD    MEXICO
CENDRES & MÉTAUX SA    SWITZERLAND
CHAOZHOU XIANGLU TUNGSTEN INDUSTRY CO LTD    CHINA
CHIMET SPA    ITALY
CHINA MINMETALS NONFERROUS METALS CO LTD    CHINA
CHINA TIN GROUP CO.,  LTD    CHINA
CHINA TIN SMELTER CO. LTD    CHINA

 

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CHONGYI ZHANGYUAN TUNGSTEN CO LTD    CHINA
CHUGAI MINING    JAPAN
CNMC (GUANGXI) PGMA CO. LTD.    CHINA
CODELCO    CHILE
COOKSON    UNITED STATES
COOPER SANTA    BRAZIL
COOSON SEMPSA    SPAIN
CV DUTA PUTRA BANGKA    INDONESIA
CV JUSTINDO    INDONESIA
CV MAKMUR JAYA    INDONESIA
CV NURJANAH    INDONESIA
CV PRIMA TIMAH UTAMA    INDONESIA
CV SERUMPUN SEBALAI    INDONESIA
CV UNITED SMELTING    INDONESIA
DAEJIN INDUS CO. LTD    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
DAERYONGENC    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
DAEWOO INTERNATIONAL    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
DAYU WEILIANG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.    CHINA
DO SUNG CORPORATION    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
DONGGUAN STANDARD ELECTRONIC MATERIAL.CO.,  LTD    CHINA
DOWA    JAPAN
DUOLUOSHAN    CHINA
ECO-SYSTEM RECYCLING CO., LTD.    JAPAN
EM VINTO    BOLIVIA
EXOTECH INC.    UNITED STATES
F&X    CHINA
FEINHÜTTE HALSBRÜCKE GMBH    GERMANY
FENIX METALS    POLAND
FSE NOVOSIBIRSK REFINERY    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
FUJIAN JINXIN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.    CHINA
GANNON & SCOTT    UNITED STATES
GANZHOU GRAND SEA W & MO GROUP CO LTD    CHINA
GEIJU NON-FERROUS METAL PROCESSING CO. LTD.    CHINA
GEJIU ZI-LI    CHINA
GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS    UNITED STATES
GLOBAL TUNGSTEN & POWDERS CORP    UNITED STATES
GOLD BELL GROUP    CHINA
GOODWAY    UNKNOWN
GUANG XI LAN BIN YE LIAN CHANG    ALBANIA
H. KRAMER & COMPANY    UNITED STATES
H.C. STARCK GMBH    UNITED STATES

 

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H.C. STARCK GMBH    GERMANY
HEIMERLE + MEULE GMBH    GERMANY
HERAEUS LTD HONG KONG    HONG KONG
HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS GMBH & CO. KG    GERMANY
HI-TEMP    UNITED STATES
HUICHANG JINSHUNDA TIN CO. LTD    CHINA
HUNAN CHENZHOU MINING GROUP CO    CHINA
HUNAN CHUN-CHANG NONFERROUS SMELTING & CONCENTRATING CO., LTD.    CHINA
HWASUNG CJ CO. LTD    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
IBF IND BRASILEIRA DE FERROLIGAS LTDA    BRAZIL
INDONESIAN STATE TIN CORPORATION    INDONESIA
INDONESIAN TIN INGOT    INDONESIA
INNER MONGOLIA QIANKUN GOLD AND SILVER REFINERY SHARE COMPANY LIMITED    CHINA
ISHIFUKU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.    JAPAN
ISTANBUL GOLD REFINERY    TURKEY
JAPAN MINT    JAPAN
JAPAN NEW METALS CO LTD    JAPAN
JIANGXI COPPER COMPANY LIMITED    CHINA
JIANGXI NANSHAN    CHINA
JIANGXI RARE EARTH & RARE METALS TUNGSTEN GROUP CORP    CHINA
JIANGXI TUNGSTEN INDUSTRY CO LTD    CHINA
JIUJIANG JINXIN NONFERROUS METALS CO. LTD.    CHINA
JIUJIANG TAMBRE CO. LTD.    CHINA
JOHNSON MATTHEY INC    UNITED STATES
JOHNSON MATTHEY LIMITED    CANADA
JSC EKATERINBURG NON-FERROUS METAL PROCESSING PLANT    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
JSC URALECTROMED    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD    JAPAN
KAI UNITA TRADE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY    CHINA
KAZZINC LTD    KAZAKHSTAN
KEMET BLUE POWDER    UNITED STATES
KENNAMETAL INC.    UNITED STATES
KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER    UNITED STATES
KETABANG    INDONESIA
KOJIMA CHEMICALS CO. LTD    JAPAN
KOKI JAPAN    JAPAN
KOREA METAL CO. LTD    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KUNDUR SMELTER    INDONESIA
KUNSHAN JINLI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY REAGENTS CO.,  LTD.    CHINA

 

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KYRGYZALTYN JSC    KYRGYZSTAN
L’ AZURDE COMPANY FOR JEWELRY    SAUDI ARABIA
LINGBAOJINYUAN TONGHUI    CHINA
LIUZHOU CHINA TIN    CHINA
LS-NIKKO COPPER INC    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
MALAYSIA SMELTING CORPORATION (MSC)    MALAYSIA
MATERION    UNITED STATES
MATSUDA SANGYO CO. LTD    JAPAN
MCP METAL SPECIALIST INC.    UNITED KINGDOM
METALLO CHIMIQUE    BELGIUM
METALLO CHIMIQUE    GERMANY
METALOR TECHNOLOGIES (HONG KONG) LTD    HONG KONG
METALOR TECHNOLOGIES SA    SWITZERLAND
METALOR USA REFINING CORPORATION    UNITED STATES
MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A.    MEXICO
MINERAÇÃO TABOCA S.A.    BRAZIL
MING LI JIA SMELT METAL FACTORY    CHINA
MINSUR    PERU
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION    JAPAN
MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING CO., LTD.    JAPAN
MK ELECTRON    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
MOSCOW SPECIAL ALLOYS PROCESSING PLANT    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
NADIR METAL RAFINERI SAN. VE TIC. A.Ş.    TURKEY
NAVOI MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMBINAT    UZBEKISTAN
NGHE TIN NON-FERROUS METAL    -
NIHON KAGAKU SANGYO CO., LTD    JAPAN
NIHON MATERIAL CO. LTD    JAPAN
NIHON SUPERIOR CO.,  LTD    JAPAN
NINGXIA ORIENT TANTALUM INDUSTRY CO., LTD.    CHINA
NIPPON FILLER METALS LTD    JAPAN
NOVOSIBIRSK INTEGRATED TIN WORKS    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
OHIO PRECIOUS METALS LLC.    UNITED STATES
OJSC “THE GULIDOV KRASNOYARSK NON-FERROUS METALS PLANT” (OJSC KRASTVETMET)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
OJSC KOLYMA REFINERY    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
OMSA    BOLIVIA
PAMP SA    SWITZERLAND
PAN PACIFIC COPPER CO. LTD    JAPAN
PLANSEE    AUSTRIA
PRIOKSKY PLANT OF NON-FERROUS METALS    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
PT ALAM LESTARI KENCANA    INDONESIA
PT ANEKA TAMBANG (PERSERO) TBK    INDONESIA

 

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PT ARTHA CIPTA LANGGENG    INDONESIA
PT BABEL INTI PERKASA    INDONESIA
PT BABEL SURYA ALAM LESTARI    INDONESIA
PT BANGKA KUDAI TIN    INDONESIA
PT BANGKA PUTRA KARYA    INDONESIA
PT BANGKA TIMAH UTAMA SEJAHTERA    INDONESIA
PT BELITUNG INDUSTRI SEJAHTERA    INDONESIA
PT BILLITIN MAKMUR LESTARI    INDONESIA
PT BUKIT TIMAH    INDONESIA
PT DS JAYA ABADI    INDONESIA
PT EUNINDO USAHA MANDIRI    INDONESIA
PT FANG DI MULTINDO    INDONESIA
PT HP METALS INDONESIA    INDONESIA
PT KOBA TIN    INDONESIA
PT MITRA STANIA PRIMA    INDONESIA
PT REFINED BANKA TIN    INDONESIA
PT SARIWIGUNA BINASENTOSA    INDONESIA
PT STANINDO INTI PERKASA    INDONESIA
PT SUMBER JAYA INDAH    INDONESIA
PT TAMBANG TIMAH    INDONESIA
PT TIMAH    INDONESIA
PT TIMAH NUSANTARA    INDONESIA
PT TININDO INTER NUSA    INDONESIA
PT YINCHENDO MINING INDUSTRY    INDONESIA
PURE TECHNOLOGY    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
PX PRÉCINOX SA    SWITZERLAND
RAND REFINERY (PTY) LTD    SOUTH AFRICA
RFH    CHINA
ROHM & HASS    CHINA
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT    CANADA
RUI DA HUNG    TAIWAN
SABIN METAL CORP.    UNITED STATES
SAMHWA NON-FERROUS METAL. INC CO., LTD    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
SAMWON METALS CORP.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
SCHONE EDELMETAAL    NETHERLANDS
SCOTIA MOCATTA    HONG KONG
SEMPSA JOYERIA PLATERIA SA    SPAIN
SHANDONG GOLD MINING CO LTD    CHINA
SHANDONG ZHAOJIN GOLD & SILVER REFINERY CO. LTD    CHINA
SHANGHAI GOLD EXCHANGE    CHINA
SHANGHAI YUEQIANG METAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD    CHINA

 

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SO ACCURATE REFING GROUP    UNITED STATES
SOE SHYOLKOVSKY FACTORY OF SECONDARY PRECIOUS METALS    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SOFT METAIS LTDA    BRAZIL
SOJITZ    JAPAN
SOLAR APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORP.    CHINA
SOLAR APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORP.    TAIWAN
SOLIKAMSK METAL WORKS    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY’S    CHINA
STANDARD BANK    HONG KONG
SUMISHO    JAPAN
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO. LTD.    AUSTRALIA
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO. LTD.    CHILE
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO. LTD.    PERU
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO. LTD.    JAPAN
SUZHOU XINGRUI NOBLE    CHINA
TAICANG CITY NANCANG METAL METERIAL CO.,LTD    CHINA
TAK LAP ELECTRICAL CO., LTD    CHINA
TAKI CHEMICALS    JAPAN
TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.    JAPAN
TANTALITE RESOURCES    SOUTH AFRICA
TECHNIC INC    UNITED STATES
TEJING (VIETNAM) TUNGSTEN CO LTD    VIETNAM
TELEX    UNITED STATES
THAILAND SMELTING & REFINING CO., LTD. (THAISRCO)    THAILAND
THAISARCO    THAILAND
THE GREAT WALL GOLD AND SILVER REFINERY OF CHINA    CHINA
THE REFINERY OF SHANDONG GOLD MINING CO. LTD    CHINA
TIMAH    INDONESIA
TOKURIKI HONTEN CO. LTD    JAPAN
TOM TES SMETLER    HONG KONG
TONG DING METAL COMPANY. LTD.    CHINA
TONGLING NONFERROUS METALS GROUP HOLDINGS CO; LTD.    CHINA
TORECOM    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
ULBA    KAZAKHSTAN
UMICORE BRASIL LTDA    BRAZIL
UMICORE SA BUSINESS UNIT PRECIOUS METALS REFINING    BELGIUM
UNITED PRECIOUS METAL REFINING, INC.    UNITED STATES
UNVERTICAL INTERNATIONAL  (SUZHOU)  CO.,  LTD    CHINA
VALCAMBI SA    SWITZERLAND
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINT TRADING AS THE PERTH MINT    AUSTRALIA

 

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WESTFALENZINN    GERMANY
WHITE SOLDER METALURGIA    BRAZIL
WILHELM WESTMETALL, GERMANY    GERMANY
WOLFRAM BERGBAU UND HÜTTEN AG    AUSTRIA
WOLFRAM COMPANY CJSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO LTD    CHINA
XIHAI    CHINA
XINHAI RENDAN SHAOGUAN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.    INDONESIA
XSTRATA CANADA CORPORATION    CANADA
YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.    JAPAN
YANTAI ZHAOJIN KANFORT PRECIOUS METALS INCORPORATED COMPANY    CHINA
YASMIN SILVER    INDONESIA
YIFENG TIN INDUSTRY (CHENZHOU) CO LTD    CHINA
YOKOHAMA METAL CO LTD    JAPAN
YTMM    CHINA
YUNNAN CHENGFENG    CHINA
YUNNAN TIN COMPANY LIMITED    CHINA
YUNXI    CHINA
ZHAOJIN GOLD & SILVER REFINERY CO., LTD    CHINA
ZHEJIANG AODA CEMENTED CARBIDE CO.,  LTD    CHINA
ZHONGSHAN PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA    CHINA
ZHONGYUAN GOLD SMELTER OF ZHONGJIN GOLD CORPORATION    CHINA
ZHUHAI HORYISON SOLDER CO.,  LTD    CHINA
ZHUZHOU CEMENTED CARBIDE GROUP CO LTD    CHINA
ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO. LTD    CHINA

 

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Information About Country of Origin of Necessary Conflict Minerals Used in In-Scope Products:

Due diligence revealed that necessary conflict minerals used in In-scope products were derived from the smelters in the countries identified below. This list only includes information provided by those suppliers who completed the EICC-GsSI Reporting Template.

 

ALBANIA

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHILE

CHINA

GERMANY

HONG KONG

INDIA

INDONESIA

ITALY

JAPAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

KYRGYZSTAN

MALAYSIA

MEXICO

NETHERLANDS

PERU

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SAUDI ARABIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TAIWAN

THAILAND

TURKEY

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED STATES

UZBEKISTAN

 

 

Information About Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin: The description of the company’s due diligence exercise set forth above under the heading “Due Diligence” covers Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s efforts to determine the mine or location of origin with the greatest possible specificity.

 

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