Press release
Global Investors Urge European Parliament to Adopt Stronger Conflict Minerals Regulation
13 May 2015
Investors call for important changes to proposed EU regulation
Brussels, Belgium / San Francisco, USA, 13 May – Today, with the European Parliament preparing for its final vote on the European conflict minerals regulations next week Wednesday, a group of 24 global, sustainable, and responsible investors and investment organisations call upon the Parliament to make the proposed regulation stronger by expanding the scope of the legislation to ensure that all companies placing minerals on the market, in raw form or contained in semi-finished or finished goods, are legally required to source responsibly. (...)