tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008724049496903547.post3343085906840235460..comments2024-03-19T12:59:20.494+02:00Comments on csr-reporting: Thorny Issues for BT Sustainabilityelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07433863039389159395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008724049496903547.post-4667599579442582722011-05-23T16:20:24.407+03:002011-05-23T16:20:24.407+03:00Elaine, thank you so much for inviting me to speak...Elaine, thank you so much for inviting me to speak and for your very kind compliments. It was a great event. <br /><br />James, I hope one day we get to meet in person and not just across blogs and twitter ! Regards conflict minerals, while I agree with the intent of your position, where there is difficulty of fingerprinting whether an individual piece of mineral is conflict sourced or not, the thorny issue I was trying to illustrate is when it is right to shut out all vendors, and penalise even those who are not involved in the conflict, and when is it not.<br /><br />Needless to say (!) I wrote a post about this last summer after attending a conflict minerals workshop http://bit.ly/d4f1ewKevin Mosshttp://www.csrperspective.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008724049496903547.post-40898096208709498342011-05-20T22:58:23.454+03:002011-05-20T22:58:23.454+03:00Elaine
I think the conflict minerals question is ...Elaine<br /><br />I think the conflict minerals question is thorny but straightforward. Providers should take conlfict substances out of the value chain. Period. Full stop. Imagine its a toxin catastrophic to human health - now take similar actions to remove from production and just as uregntly do so.James Farrarhttp://www.blogs.zdnet.com/sustainabilitynoreply@blogger.com