Conflict Minerals: Edinburgh University Breaks New Ground by Opposing Conflict Minerals

Mar 30, 2016 | Owen Duffy, Guardian
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Edinburgh university is to cut the use of so-called conflict minerals in goods it buys, with a promise to search out alternatives if a product has raw materials directly linked to wars in the developing world. Under the policy - the first of its kind for a UK higher education institution - Edinburgh will require its suppliers to provide information on where they source metals such as tin, gold and tungsten in their products.