The Timken Company acts responsibly, exercising sound judgment in our dealings in accordance with our ethical standards and the law. Le 22 ao\u00fbt 2012, la Securities and Exchange Commission des \u00c9tats-Unis a publi\u00e9 les r\u00e8gles sur les minerais de conflit (les \u00ab R\u00e8gles \u00bb) en vertu de l’article 1502 de la loi Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act de 2010. The Rules require reporting and disclosure of the use of conflict minerals in the products of publicly traded companies. The law and the Rules were enacted in response to reported human rights violations and armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its surrounding countries (the \u201cDRC region\u201d). Under the Rules, conflict minerals are defined as tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (\u201c3TG\u201d).<\/p>\n
Most of Timken\u2019s products do not intentionally contain 3TG. Our core products are made from recycled scrap steel. To the extent 3TG is used, Timken is committed to responsibly source such 3TG. We will not knowingly provide benefit or finance to armed groups engaged in unlawful conflict in the DRC region. We will conduct the necessary inquiries and due diligence on the source of the 3TG that is used in our products. We expect our suppliers to hold themselves to the same standards. We will work with our supply base to source from 3TG upstream suppliers, smelters and refiners that do not contribute to the violence in the DRC region. Les fournisseurs sont \u00e9galement tenus de se conformer aux exigences annuelles de Timken en mati\u00e8re de reporting sur les minerais de conflit, qui sont con\u00e7ues pour fournir \u00e0 Timken les informations dont nous avons besoin pour prendre des d\u00e9cisions d’approvisionnement responsables.<\/p>\n