{"id":6315,"date":"2017-02-22T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/en\/%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bc%e4%ba%9e%e6%ba%90\/%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad%e7%a4%be%e6%9c%83%e8%b2%ac%e4%bb%bb\/%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad%e6%b0%b8%e7%ba%8c%e7%b6%93%e7%87%9f\/%e8%a1%9d%e7%aa%81%e7%a4%a6%e7%94%a2%e6%94%bf%e7%ad%96\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:42:39","slug":"corporate-social-responsibility-the-conflict-mineral-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/en\/about-apd\/corporate-sustainable-operation\/corporate-sustainable-operation\/corporate-social-responsibility-the-conflict-mineral-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Social Responsibility The Conflict Mineral Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic fade-in av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-d1durv-2fd47bf4d27aa4c653e5518864f29967\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-d1durv-2fd47bf4d27aa4c653e5518864f29967{\npadding-bottom:20px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-d1durv-2fd47bf4d27aa4c653e5518864f29967 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-d1durv-2fd47bf4d27aa4c653e5518864f29967 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-d1durv-2fd47bf4d27aa4c653e5518864f29967 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Corporate Social Responsibility The Conflict Mineral Policy<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-bi4eej-660f6b14f96f138d87b071fc6366d554 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian Power Devices Inc. cares about the social and environmental issues caused by the raw materials of products and their manufacturing processes. One of them comes from the mineral trading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the main source of revenue of the local armed rebel groups and has led to serious armed conflicts. It has now made international headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-91w69n-8703f2b3291ca73c4aac79bd0d144b73\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-91w69n-8703f2b3291ca73c4aac79bd0d144b73{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-91w69n-8703f2b3291ca73c4aac79bd0d144b73 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-81s8ff-a2189746e9b7c352e2b5c7943520d923 sc-av_two_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-81s8ff-a2189746e9b7c352e2b5c7943520d923\">\n.flex_column.av-81s8ff-a2189746e9b7c352e2b5c7943520d923{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-81s8ff-a2189746e9b7c352e2b5c7943520d923 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic left-to-right av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5cnd2z-b4c9911d1f4f2c9203287e68587c1284\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5cnd2z-b4c9911d1f4f2c9203287e68587c1284 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5cnd2z-b4c9911d1f4f2c9203287e68587c1284 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5cnd2z-b4c9911d1f4f2c9203287e68587c1284 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35361 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35361 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/s-1.jpg\" alt='' title='CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THE CONFLICT MINERAL POLICY'  height=\"500\" width=\"700\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/s-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/s-1-280x200.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/s-1-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.apd.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/s-1-450x321.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4fpg6j-8e5a9ce2263f2f3c5498997a8be89834\">\n.flex_column.av-4fpg6j-8e5a9ce2263f2f3c5498997a8be89834{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4fpg6j-8e5a9ce2263f2f3c5498997a8be89834 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic right-to-left av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-2tgtsb-d5832dd929ea955896d58a8f0ba43402 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a good corporate citizen, Asian Power Devices Inc. should naturally fulfill its social duty, respect human rights and continue to observe the issues of conflict minerals; therefore, we perform thorough investigations on our suppliers, to make sure metals like tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W) and gold (Au) were not mined from the Congo and its neighboring countries controlled by said armed groups, and work together with our suppliers through responsible procurement.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We demand our suppliers not to purchase and use conflict minerals from conflict areas in the Congo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We demand our suppliers to trace the sources of tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W) and gold (Au) from all products, to make sure these metals are not from &#8220;Conflict mining areas.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We demand our suppliers to inform us of any use of conflict metals right away, and propose plans to abolish their use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We demand our suppliers to convey our demands to their upstream suppliers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian Power Devices Inc. observes and acquires the latest [[[(Conflict Mineral Reporting Template, CMRT) ]]] to get information on the status of the smelting factory in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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