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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

TOTAL S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Republic of France   001-10888   98-0227345

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2, place Jean Millier

La Défense 6

92400 Courbevoie

France

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Jean-Pierre Sbraire

Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +33 (0)1 47 44 45 46

Fax: +33 (0)1 47 44 49 44

(Name and telephone number, including

area code, of the person to contact in

connection with this report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

 

 

 

TOTAL S.A. is providing on this Form SD disclosure in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01(b)

CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE

TOTAL S.A. (collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, “TOTAL” or the “Group”) is providing herein disclosure in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which implements reporting and disclosure requirements related to certain minerals (referred to as “conflict minerals” under the Rule) as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, for the reporting period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (the “Reporting Period”). For the Reporting Period, “Conflict Minerals” are defined in the Rule as the following minerals (regardless of their geographic origin): cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten and a “Covered Country” is defined in the Rule as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.

This conflict minerals disclosure is also publicly available at: https://www.sustainable-performance.total.com/en/our-challenges/supply-chain.1

 

 

  I.

Diligence and Reporting Process

TOTAL has established a management system to implement a diligence and reporting process concerning Conflict Minerals in accordance with the Rule. This process is coordinated at the Holding level with designated division coordinators at the level of each of the business segments and operational entities (Exploration & Production, Gas, Renewables & Power, Refining & Chemicals, Trading & Shipping, Marketing & Services and Total Global Procurement) who contact the relevant parties (such as business managers and purchasing departments). These division coordinators report the results of the diligence process to the Holding level.

For this Reporting Period, Saft Groupe S.A. (“Saft”), a subsidiary in the Gas, Renewables & Power business segment, and Hutchinson S.A. (“Hutchinson”), a subsidiary in the Refining & Chemicals business segment, identified products which each had manufactured, or contracted to have manufactured, that contained Conflict Minerals, namely tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold (collectively, “3TG”), that were necessary to the functionality or production of those products.

In addition, SunPower Corporation, an American company listed on NASDAQ and based in San Jose, California (“SunPower”)2, is subject to the Rule and separately publishes information concerning its use of Conflict Minerals in certain of its products that it manufactured or contracted to manufacture (solar panels, balance of systems components). The text of SunPower’s disclosure for this Reporting Period provided on its Form SD is included in Annex A to this document.

 

A. Saft

Saft is a leading manufacturer of batteries for the industrial infrastructure and processes, transportation, civil and military electronics markets, energy storage, transportation and telecommunication markets. Saft focused its diligence efforts on the suppliers of components and parts (the “Relevant Suppliers”), which were determined by Saft to contain or potentially contain 3TG, i.e. electronics and electric components, and which were incorporated into products manufactured by Saft (the “Relevant Products”).

With the assistance of a third party retained by it to assist with supplier outreach and data validation of the responses received from suppliers (the “Service Provider”), Saft conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (the “RCOI”) regarding the sourcing of the necessary Conflict Minerals, designed to determine whether any of them had originated in a Covered Country or were from recycled or scrap sources. To complete the RCOI, Saft and the Service Provider engaged the Relevant Suppliers using the

 

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The reference to TOTAL’s website is provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Form SD nor deemed filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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As of December 31, 2019, the Group held 46.74% of the outstanding share capital of SunPower.

 

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Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative. For this Reporting Period, only CMRT’s version 4.0 or higher was accepted. Relevant Suppliers had the ability to share information at a level at which they were most comfortable (i.e. company, product or user-defined) but they had to specify the declaration scope. A limited number of Relevant Suppliers replied by providing their company’s formal policy on Conflict Minerals or by email confirmations. Both Saft and the Service Provider followed up with suppliers who did not respond to the initial request. Saft does not make purchases of raw ore or refined 3TG minerals directly from smelters or refiners. Saft’s supply chain includes many third parties between the original sources of the necessary Conflict Minerals and the products manufactured by it. Saft does not have direct contractual relationships with smelters and refiners and relies on its suppliers to provide information on the original sources of the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Relevant Products and on information provided by the Service Provider and independent third party audit programs.

Based on the Relevant Suppliers’ responses, Saft could identify the potential use in their supply chain of smelters in a Covered Country. A substantial number of these smelters were in compliance with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process Initiative assessment protocol as set forth by the RMI, without independent verification by Saft, and a small number of these smelters were identified as not conformant with this protocol, without independent verification by Saft. Based on the information provided to Saft and on Saft’s own diligence efforts, it is not possible to conclusively determine whether the necessary Conflict Mineral provided from this small number of smelters are found in a product manufactured by Saft during the Relevant Period.

Saft’s contracts with its suppliers require them to source responsibly, and Saft maintains an active dialogue with its suppliers on this topic. As a result, Saft does not have any reason to believe that the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Relevant Products in the Reporting Period directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.

B. Hutchinson

Hutchinson is a global leader in vibration control, fluid management and sealing technologies. Hutchinson reached out to all of its suppliers and identified the products containing necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period: automotive fluid transfer lines, anti-vibration and sealing systems, and aerospace industrial applications (the “Hutchinson Relevant Products”), which are found in the following business activities of Hutchinson (precision sealing systems, fluid management systems, body sealing systems, anti-vibration systems and aerospace, defense & industry).

Hutchinson conducted in good faith a RCOI regarding the sourcing of the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Hutchinson Relevant Products to determine whether any had originated in a Covered Country or were from recycled or scrap sources. To complete the RCOI, Hutchinson surveyed its suppliers to collect information about the presence and source of the necessary Conflict Minerals. Suppliers responded by submitting a CMRT, or sending an email or letter to Hutchinson. Hutchinson relies on the information provided to it by its suppliers. Hutchinson followed up with suppliers who did not respond to its initial request.

Based on the suppliers’ responses, it was determined that a substantial percentage of Hutchinson’s suppliers in terms of annual turnover certified that the necessary Conflict Minerals supplied to it either originated from recycled or scrap sources or did not originate from the Covered Countries. A small percentage of suppliers in terms of annual turnover sourced necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period from one or more of the Covered Countries for the Hutchinson Relevant Products in the following business activities: fluid management systems, aerospace, defense & industry and anti-vibrations systems. A review of these suppliers by Hutchinson revealed them to be reputable, and mainly included major suppliers of the automotive and aerospace industries, including publicly listed companies. The small percentage of non-responsive suppliers for the Reporting Period were mainly distributors and small suppliers in terms of annual turnover.

The origin of some of the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Hutchinson Relevant Products could be traced to smelters that are compliant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process Initiative assessment protocol as set forth by the RMI, without independent verification by Hutchinson.

 

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Hutchinson’s standard agreement with its suppliers require them to fill out the survey questions set forth under the CMRT and Hutchinson maintains an active dialogue with its suppliers on this topic. Hutchinson does not have any reason to believe that their necessary Conflict Minerals contained in its products in the Reporting Period directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.

 

  II.

Group principles

TOTAL is committed to responsible economic and social development in Africa.

TOTAL monitors responsible practices among its suppliers. In its Code of Conduct, TOTAL states that it works with its suppliers to ensure the protection of the interests of both parties in accordance with clear, fairly negotiated contract terms. This relationship is based on three cornerstones: dialogue, professionalism and meeting commitments.

TOTAL expects its suppliers to:

 

   

adhere to the Group’s Fundamental Principles of Purchasing (the “FPP”) and ensure that they are adhered to in their activities;

 

   

accept to be audited according to these principles;

 

   

remain attentive to the everyday working conditions of their employee and their suppliers’ employees;

 

   

ensure that their own suppliers and contractors adhere to the FPP;

 

   

refer to the Group Ethics Committee when in doubt or in the event of any malfunction.

The FPP, launched in 2010, specify the commitments that TOTAL expects of its suppliers in the following areas1:

 

   

respect for human rights at work;

 

   

health protection, safety and security;

 

   

preservation of the environment;

 

   

prevention of corruption and conflicts of interest and fraud;

 

   

respect for competition law; and

 

   

the promotion of economic and social development.

A Group directive reaffirms the obligation to annex the FPP or transpose them in the selection process as well as in the contracts concluded with suppliers of goods and services. The FPP are available for consultation by all suppliers in both French and English on TOTAL’s Sustainable Performance website (refer to the URL provided above).

In addition, questionnaires focused on societal issues are used to gather more in-depth information from suppliers about their approach to such topics, either during the supplier qualification process2 or as part of an audit. The Group has also set up a supplier assessment process to identify and prevent risks of severe impacts on human rights and fundamental freedoms, human health and safety. Supplier awareness-raising actions are also carried out during meetings with suppliers, particularly the Suppliers Day event that brings the Group’s strategic suppliers together every two years. During Suppliers Day in 2019, the Fundamental Principles of Purchasing and the Group’s new Code of Conduct were distributed to all participants.

TOTAL is a member of the United Nations Global Compact platform on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains since 2018, and, in this capacity, takes part in various workshops that aim to help the member companies of the Global Compact to make progress in this area.

  

 

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Saft and SunPower have defined fundamental principles of purchasing specific to their activities.

2 

Purchases by the subsidiaries of Hutchinson, Saft and SunPower are subject to supplier qualification processes specific to their organizations.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

 

        TOTAL S.A.
Date: June 1, 2020     By:   /s/ JEAN-PIERRE SBRAIRE
      Name:   Jean-Pierre SBRAIRE
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer


Annex A

Conflict Minerals Report

SunPower Corporation has included this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD for 2019 as provided for in Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”1), and Form SD (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals Rule”). The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is May 28, 2020.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “SunPower” refers to SunPower Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “Service Provider” refers to the third party retained by SunPower to assist with supplier outreach and data validation of the responses received from suppliers. Some of the compliance activities described in this Conflict Minerals Report were performed by the Service Provider in coordination with SunPower. As used herein and consistent with the Conflict Minerals Rule, “Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite and the derivatives tantalum, tin and tungsten, without regard to the location of origin of the minerals or derivative metals.

This Conflict Minerals Report can be found on the SunPower website at: http://investors.sunpower.com/sec.cfm.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. In particular, statements contained in this document that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that SunPower intends to take to mitigate the risk that its necessary 3TG benefit armed groups, constitute forward-looking statements and are made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual actions or performance to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, (1) the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by SunPower’s direct and indirect suppliers on a timely basis or at all, (2) whether smelters and refiners and other market participants responsibly source 3TG and (3) political, regulatory and economic developments, whether in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”), the United States or elsewhere. SunPower cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which only speak as of the date made. SunPower undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

 

 

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Definitions provided in this Annex are exclusive to this section.

 

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Overview; SunPower’s Products and Applicability of the Conflict Minerals Rule

SunPower is a leading global energy company dedicated to changing the way our world is powered. We deliver complete solar solutions to residential, commercial, and power plant customers worldwide by offering cutting-edge solar module technology and solar power systems, integrated storage and software solutions that enable customers to effectively manage and optimize their CCOE energy usage and expenses as well as additional services and financial solutions. SunPower products include solar panels and balance of systems components that can include inverters, combiner boxes, racking systems, mechanical and motorized systems, and electrical tracking, monitoring and controller systems. Each of the product areas that SunPower manufactures and contracts to manufacture contains 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of such products. However, 3TG content continues to represent a small portion of the materials content of SunPower’s products.

For a further discussion of SunPower’s products, see its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2019. The information contained in the Form 10-K is not incorporated by reference into this Conflict Minerals Report or SunPower’s Form SD for 2019 and should not be considered part of this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD.

SunPower is multiple levels removed from the mining of minerals (3TG or otherwise). SunPower does not make purchases of raw ore or refined minerals directly from smelters or refiners and makes no purchases in the Covered Countries. However, through the efforts described in this Conflict Minerals Report, SunPower seeks to ensure its suppliers are sourcing responsibly.

SunPower does not seek to embargo sourcing of 3TG from the Covered Countries and encourages its suppliers to continue to source 3TG responsibly from the region.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

To complete the “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (the “RCOI”) required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, SunPower and its Service Provider engaged with suppliers to collect information about the presence and source of 3TG used in products and components supplied to SunPower. For its RCOI, to the extent applicable, SunPower utilized the same processes and procedures as for its due diligence, in particular Steps 1 and 2 of the OECD Guidance (as defined below), which are discussed later in this Conflict Minerals Report. For 2019, SunPower surveyed 64 suppliers as part of its RCOI.

 

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The results of SunPower’s RCOI are discussed under “Findings Concerning Smelters and Refiners and Country of Origin Information.”

Due Diligence Measures

Design Framework

SunPower utilizes due diligence measures for 3TG that are intended to conform with, in all material respects, the criteria set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (Third Edition) (the “OECD Guidance”). The OECD Guidance established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Application of the framework constitutes a part of the program that SunPower has put in place to help ensure that the 3TG contained in its products are responsibly sourced.

Diligence Program

In furtherance of SunPower’s 3TG due diligence, it performed the due diligence measures discussed below for 2019.

Compliance Team

In support of its compliance efforts, SunPower has a compliance team that is charged with overseeing, implementing and providing feedback on its 3TG compliance strategy. The team consists of staff from SunPower’s operations groups, under executive leadership. The members of the team and selected other internal personnel are familiar with the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, SunPower’s compliance plan, and the procedures for reviewing and validating supplier responses to SunPower’s inquiries. SunPower also utilized the Service Provider and specialist outside counsel to assist with and/or to advise it on certain aspects of its compliance.

Conflict Minerals Policy; Training Resources; Grievance Mechanism

SunPower maintains a Conflict Minerals Policy. Under the Conflict Minerals Policy, SunPower suppliers are required to acknowledge SunPower’s Supplier Sustainability Guidelines, which incorporates the Conflict Minerals Policy. Under the Conflict Minerals Policy, SunPower reserves the right to request additional documentation from its suppliers regarding the source of any 3TG included in their products. In addition, SunPower reserves the right to ask suppliers to maintain traceability data for a minimum of five years. The Conflict Minerals Policy indicates that SunPower will evaluate its relationships with its suppliers on an ongoing basis to ensure continued compliance with the Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

 

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The Conflict Minerals Policy is communicated internally to SunPower’s supply chain employees and to suppliers. In addition, the Conflict Minerals Policy is posted on SunPower’s website at https://us.sunpower.com/sites/default/files/media-library/compliance-briefs/cb-sunpower-conflict-minerals-policy.pdf.

In an effort to increase supplier awareness about Conflict Minerals and related regulatory requirements, provide answers to frequently asked questions concerning 3TG mineral tracing, and ultimately improve the accuracy and completeness of supplier responses, suppliers that were part of SunPower’s outreach received access to the Service Provider’s online resources.

SunPower has a grievance mechanism for reporting violations of its Conflict Minerals Policy. The grievance mechanism is available through the Conflict Minerals Policy. Violations may be reported by calling SunPower’s Compliance and Ethics Helpline at 1-866-307-5679 within the United States, or at toll-free numbers provided for twenty additional countries/regions in SunPower’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics available on its investor relations website at investors.sunpower.com, or by going to SunPower’s reporting website at

https://sunpower.alertline.com (for employees outside of Europe),

https://sunpowereu.alertline.com (for employees in Europe, except Spain) or

https://sunpowersp.alertline.com (for employees in Spain).

Data Collection; Records Storage and Retention

For 2019, SunPower carried out due diligence on parts selected by SunPower within the bills of materials of products that were contracted to be manufactured. The contract manufacturers carried out due diligence for general use parts of products that were contracted to be manufactured, the results of which were reflected in their Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates (collectively, the “CMRTs” and individually, a “CMRT”) furnished to SunPower. SunPower’s outreach included 64 suppliers (the “Suppliers”) that (1) contracted to manufacture products for SunPower which were determined by SunPower to contain or potentially contain 3TG which is necessary to the functionality or production of the products, or (2) provided components, parts, or products which were determined by SunPower to contain or potentially contain necessary 3TG, and which were incorporated into products contracted to be manufactured by SunPower.

SunPower sent the Suppliers a request to submit a CMRT to gather information on the use of 3TG by the Suppliers, the source of the 3TG and the Suppliers’ related compliance procedures. SunPower gave the Suppliers the ability to provide information at a level at which they could most readily assemble the information (i.e., company, product, or user-defined), but required the Suppliers to declare the level of information provided. Following the initial introductions to the program and information request, up to four reminder emails were sent to each non-responsive Supplier requesting survey completion. This outreach was managed by the Service Provider on our behalf. Additional outreach also was conducted by SunPower’s staff on an as-needed basis to further emphasize the importance of suppliers completing the CMRT.

 

 

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The Service Provider reviewed CMRT responses received from the Suppliers for incomplete responses, potential errors or inaccuracies, lack of consistency, and other flags. If any “quality control” flags were raised, Suppliers were contacted to clarify the concern. If a smelter or refiner was not on the CMRT Smelter Look-up tab list, the Service Provider (a) requested that the Supplier confirm that the listed entity was a smelter or refiner, (b) consulted publicly-available information to attempt to determine whether the identified entity was a smelter or refiner, or (c) attempted to contact the listed entity. If the smelter or refiner was not identified as Conformant (as later defined) or the equivalent by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI”), the London Bullion Market Association (the “LMBA”) or the Responsible Jewellery Council (the “RJC”), SunPower or the Service Provider attempted to contact the smelter or refiner to gain more information about its sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and due diligence procedures.

To the extent that no contact was made with a smelter or refiner identified by a Supplier, SunPower or the Service Provider searched public information to attempt to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG processed by the smelter or refiner and whether it obtains 3TG from sources that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in a Covered Country.

SunPower has an electronic file for the maintenance of business records relating to 3TG due diligence, including records of due diligence processes, findings and resulting decisions. SunPower stores all supplier CMRTs and documents evidence of identified supplier 3TG sourcing risk. As contemplated by the OECD Guidance, SunPower will maintain these records for at least five years. The Service Provider also is requested to maintain records in its possession for at least five years.

3TG Risk Management

SunPower obtained information on 3TG sourcing risk from a variety of sources, including the Service Provider. SunPower further used the CMRT responses to identify 3TG sourcing risk. Given SunPower’s position in the 3TG supply chain, it believes that this is the most efficient means for identifying 3TG sourcing risk.

Supply chain managers within SunPower worked with the compliance team to identify 3TG sourcing concerns and determine risk mitigation efforts. The compliance team reported aggregated risk findings to and the contents of this Conflict Minerals Report are shared with SunPower’s executive management.

 

 

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SunPower determines on a case-by-case basis the appropriate risk mitigation strategy for any identified risks. Potential outcomes under SunPower’s risk mitigation strategy include continuing to work with the supplier while risks are addressed or reassessing the relationship with the supplier. Under SunPower’s risk management framework, to the extent that risks require mitigation, SunPower monitors and tracks the performance of the risk mitigation efforts and reports these efforts to appropriate senior oversight personnel.

Utilization of Independent Third-Party Audits

To the extent that smelters or refiners are identified, SunPower primarily utilizes information made available by the RMI concerning independent third-party audits and Conformant status. SunPower also relies on audits performed by the LBMA and the RJC.

Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

SunPower files a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and makes these filings available on its investor relations website.

Findings Concerning Smelters and Refiners and Country of Origin Information

For 2019, SunPower surveyed 64 suppliers as part of due diligence around 3TG and received 62 CMRTs in response to its outreach. The CMRT declarations received identified 296 smelters and refiners that processed or may have processed 3TG contained in SunPower’s products. Of these 62 CMRT declarations, 35 were company-level, 25 were product-level, and 2 were at a level defined by the Supplier. Due to the number of Suppliers providing company-level declarations, the list of processing facilities disclosed below may over-represent the number of 3TG processing facilities in SunPower’s supply chain.

In brief, as indicated in the table below:

 

   

296 smelters and refiners were identified by the Suppliers.

   

236 smelters and refiners, or 80%, were listed as Conformant by the RMI.

   

4 smelters or refiners, or less than 1%, were listed as Active.

   

56 smelters or refiners, or 19%, were listed on the CMRT Smelter Look-up tab only.

In connection with SunPower’s RCOI or due diligence, as applicable, the Suppliers identified to SunPower the facilities listed below as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in SunPower’s in-scope products in 2019 (table information is as of May 15, 2020; see the notes following the table for additional information concerning the information presented in the table).

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Country Name   Status
       

Gold

 

8853 S.p.A.

 

Italy

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

United States

 

On Smelter Look-up Tab Only

       

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

United States

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

African Gold Refinery

 

Uganda

 

On Smelter Look-up Tab Only

       

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

 

United Arab Emirates

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

Germany

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

Uzbekistan

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

 

Brazil

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

 

Switzerland

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corp.

 

Japan

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

 

Canada

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

 

United States

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

Turkey

 

On Smelter Look-up Tab Only

       

Gold

 

AU Traders and Refiners

 

South Africa

 

Conformant

       

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

Germany

 

Conformant

 

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Gold   Bangalore Refinery   India   Conformant
       
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   Philippines   Conformant
       
Gold   Boliden AB   Sweden   Conformant
       
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   Germany   Conformant
       
Gold   Caridad   Mexico   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation   Canada   Conformant
       
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   Switzerland   Conformant
       
Gold   CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   India   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   Italy   Conformant
       
Gold   Chugai Mining   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   Germany   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   United Arab Emirates   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Gold   Dowa   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   Korea   Conformant

 

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Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East
Plant
  Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   United Arab Emirates   Conformant
       
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   Zimbabwe   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Fujairah Gold FZC   United Arab Emirates   Conformant
       
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   India   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   United States   Conformant
       
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   Germany   Conformant

 

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Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   China   Conformant
       

Gold

  Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   Conformant
       

Gold

  Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       

Gold

  Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       

Gold

  HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.   Korea   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       

Gold

  Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       

Gold

  International Precious Metal Refiners   United Arab Emirates   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       

Gold

  Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       

Gold

  Istanbul Gold Refinery   Turkey   Conformant
       

Gold

  Italpreziosi   Italy   Conformant
       

Gold

  Japan Mint   Japan   Conformant
       

Gold

  Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       

Gold

  JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   Russian Federation   Conformant
       

Gold

  JSC Uralelectromed   Russian Federation   Conformant
       

Gold

  JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant

 

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Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   United Arab
Emirates
  On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   Kazakhstan   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Kazzinc   Kazakhstan   Conformant
       
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   United States   Conformant
       
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   Poland   Conformant
       
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   Kyrgyzstan   Conformant
       
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   Russian Federation   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   Saudi Arabia   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   Andorra   Conformant
       
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Marsam Metals   Brazil   Conformant

 

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Gold   Materion   United States   Conformant
       
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   Singapore   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   Switzerland   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   United States   Conformant
       
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   Mexico   Conformant
       
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   India   Conformant
       
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   Malaysia   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Morris and Watson   New Zealand   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   Turkey   Conformant

 

17


       
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical
Combinat
  Uzbekistan   On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Gold   NH Recytech Company   Korea   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   Austria   Conformant
       
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Gold   PAMP S.A.   Switzerland   Conformant
       
Gold   Pease & Curren   United States   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   Chile   Conformant
       
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   Switzerland   Conformant

 

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Gold   QG Refining, LLC   United States   On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   South Africa   Conformant
       
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   Netherlands   Conformant
       
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   Canada   Conformant
       
Gold   SAAMP   France   Conformant
       
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   United States   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   Italy   Conformant
       
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   Czech Republic   Active
       
Gold   Sai Refinery   India   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   SAMWON METALS Corp.   Korea   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   Spain   Conformant
       
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

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Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co.,
Ltd.
  China   Conformant
       
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   Taiwan   Conformant
       
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   Taiwan   Conformant
       
Gold   Sovereign Metals   India   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   Lithuania   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   Sudan   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   Italy   Conformant
       
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Tony Goetz NV   Belgium   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   Kazakhstan   Conformant

 

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Gold   Torecom   Korea   Conformant
       
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   Thailand   Conformant
       
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   Belgium   Conformant
       
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   United States   Conformant
       
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   Switzerland   Conformant
       
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   Australia   Conformant
       
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   CP Metals Inc.   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

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Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   Japan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   Thailand   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   Conformant
       
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

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Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   Mexico   Conformant
       
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   India   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   Estonia   Conformant
       
Tantalum   PRG Dooel   Macedonia   Conformant
       
Tantalum   QuantumClean   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Telex Metals   United States   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   Kazakhstan   Conformant
       
Tantalum   XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Alpha   United States   Conformant

 

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Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral
Processing Company
  Vietnam   On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   Dowa   Japan   Conformant
       
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   Vietnam   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   EM Vinto   Bolivia   Conformant
       
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   Brazil   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   Fenix Metals   Poland   Conformant
       
Tin   Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

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Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co.,
Ltd.
  China   Conformant
       
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   China   Conformant
       
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   Malaysia   Conformant
       
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   United States   Conformant
       
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   Belgium   Conformant
       
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   Spain   Conformant
       
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tin   Minsur   Peru   Conformant
       
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   Japan   Conformant

 

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Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   Malaysia   On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   Vietnam   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   Thailand   Conformant
       
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   Philippines   Conformant
       
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   Bolivia   Conformant
       
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   Myanmar   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited   India   Active
       
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   Indonesia   Conformant
       
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tin   Rui Da Hung   Taiwan   Conformant
       
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant

 

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Tin   Super Ligas   Brazil   On Smelter Look-up
Tab Only
       
Tin   Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   Vietnam   Conformant
       
Tin   Thaisarco   Thailand   Conformant
       
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   United States   Conformant
       
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   Vietnam   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   China   Conformant
       
Tin   Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   Japan   Conformant
       
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   Brazil   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   Vietnam   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

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Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   United States   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   Conformant
       
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   Germany   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   Japan   Conformant

 

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Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten
Products Co., Ltd.
  China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   On Smelter Look-up Tab Only
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Active
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”   Russian Federation   Active
       
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   United States   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   United States   Conformant
       
Tungsten   KGETS CO., LTD.   Korea   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   Taiwan   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)   Vietnam   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   United States   Conformant

 

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Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co.,
Inc.
  Philippines   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   Vietnam   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory Metals Plant   Russian Federation   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   Austria   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   Korea   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant
       
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   Conformant

 

  a)

“Conformant” means that a smelter or refiner has successfully completed an assessment against the applicable Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) standard or an equivalent cross-recognized assessment. Included smelters and refiners were not necessarily Conformant for all or part of 2019 and may not continue to be Conformant for any future period.

 

  b)

“Active” means that a smelter or refiner has committed to undergo an RMAP assessment, completed the relevant documents, and scheduled the on-site assessment. These may be in the pre-assessment, assessment or corrective-action phases of the assessment.

 

  c)

“On Smelter Look-Up Tab Only” means that a smelter or refiner is listed on the Smelter Look-up tab list of the CMRT, but is not listed as “Conformant” or “Active.”

 

  d)

Smelter or refiner status reflected in the table is based solely on information made publicly available by the RMI, without independent verification by SunPower.

 

  e)

Country location is the location of the smelter or refiner and is based solely on information made publicly available by the RMI, without independent verification by SunPower.

 

 

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Country of Origin Information

SunPower has endeavored to determine the mine or location of origin of the necessary 3TG contained in its in-scope products by requiring that the Suppliers provide it with completed CMRTs and through the other measures described in this Conflict Minerals Report. Where a smelter or refiner has been identified that is not Conformant, SunPower or the Service Provider also has reviewed public information, to the extent available, to try to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG processed by the smelter or refiner.

The countries of origin of the newly-mined 3TG processed by smelters and refiners listed above may have included countries listed below (as well as possibly other countries).

 

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Burundi*

Canada

Chile

China

Czech Republic

Djibouti

Democratic Republic of the Congo*

Ecuador

Egypt

 

Ethiopia

Germany

Ghana

Guinea

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Japan

Kazakhstan

Korea

Kyrgyzstan

 

Laos

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Mexico

Mongolia

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Russia

 

Rwanda*

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

 

 

* Represents a Covered Country.

The 3TG processed by the identified smelters and refiners also may have originated in whole or in part from recycled or scrap sources.

Due Diligence Improvement Measures

SunPower intends to further improve its due diligence measures for 2020 in order to mitigate the risk that the necessary 3TG in its in-scope products benefit armed groups by taking the following steps, among others:

 

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Continue to alert suppliers when SunPower obtains information that a 3TG smelter or refiner is believed to be irresponsibly sourcing 3TG.

 

   

Request that suppliers who have identified non-Conformant or high-risk smelters require their upstream suppliers to find alternative sources of 3TG or require certification of the smelters and refiners in their supply chains.

 

   

Review our 3TG compliance program for potential additional enhancements, in particular ways to enhance supplier engagement.

The foregoing steps are in addition to the steps that SunPower took for 2019.

 

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