I have been wondering why there were no replies to this post, then someone kindly pointed out a basic mistake.
I would like to emphasize that this campaign is to remove 'conflict minerals' from supply chains, not 'conflict-free' minerals. I may have imagined a Fox News / Daily Mail campaign of the future… Sorry about that.
Having made this correction, any ideas and experiences from campaigns that critters know about or have been involved to persuade/pressure their universities to remove conflict minerals from IT supply chains would be most welcome.
Thanks
Ian
On Nov 5, 2012, at 10:07 AM, ian cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Last week saw the launch of a student campaign in Exeter to persuade the University to put pressure on its IT providers to remove conflict free minerals from their supply chains.
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> We wet told that one university in the UK had agreed to do this, so far - St Andrews (see the story here http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/07/coalition-for-a-conflict-free-st-andrews-gets-the-go-ahead/) - that other campaigns were underway, and that they were common elsewhere in the world, particularly in the USA (the article mentions Clark University as important).
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> I'd be interested to hear peoples experiences of conflict-free mineral procurement campaigns and policies at their universities.
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> Thanks and best wishes
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> Ian
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> Ian Cook
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