Comments on: Private sector’s role in reducing the use of ‘conflict minerals’ http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/08/09/private-sectors-role-in-reducing-the-use-of-conflict-minerals/ Global environmental challenges Thu, 23 May 2013 00:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sasha_Lezhnev http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/08/09/private-sectors-role-in-reducing-the-use-of-conflict-minerals/comment-page-1/#comment-345723 Sasha_Lezhnev Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:03:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=18187#comment-345723 Thanks Dunstan. Big companies - major electronics and jewelry companies in particular - should also help set up a Miners Livelihood Fund with donors, for any miners who might be disaffected in the interim period while proper tracing, auditing, and certification is being set up. They are also critical to ensuring that any certification systems include independent oversight/monitoring. For more information, see http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/03/congo.conflict.minerals/index.html Thanks Thanks Dunstan. Big companies – major electronics and jewelry companies in particular – should also help set up a Miners Livelihood Fund with donors, for any miners who might be disaffected in the interim period while proper tracing, auditing, and certification is being set up.

They are also critical to ensuring that any certification systems include independent oversight/monitoring.

For more information, see http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/03/co ngo.conflict.minerals/index.html Thanks

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