On May 20th, 2014, the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) Academic Senate passed a conflict minerals resolution, making Cal Poly the 17th school to go conflict-free. Below is the official statement recently published on the University's Office of Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management website, which acknowledges the problem of conflict minerals, resolves to take into account whether companies are working to address the problem when making purchasing decisions for the University, and calls upon the entire California State University system to adopt similar practices.
For more information about how to make your school, city, or organization conflict-free, visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org/campus
Conflict Materials Statement
Cal Poly is aware of the role that minerals found in consumer electronics products play in perpetuating the current humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The University is working on ways to monitor compliance of its partners in the technology industry to ensure they are keeping up with industry standards to remedy this situation and others that arise in the future.
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