Costco Wholesale

5/30/2014 
 
Costco’s Conflict Minerals Policy Statement
BACKGROUND:

Armed groups operating in Central Africa control many of the region’s mines and delivery routes and
have engaged in armed conflict, as well as some of the world’s worst human rights violations. In
2010, Congress enacted Section 1502, the Conflict Minerals provisions, of the United States Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act or the Act) with the goals of
eliminating the illegal trade...