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Ref. Ares(2021)5245063 - 24/08/2021

Due Diligence and our contribution to the stakeholder
consultation ran by the services of Commissioner
Reynders. We have in the past had the pleasure of
exchanging views with Commissioner Reynders on
several occasions, incl. during his participation in the RBA
2020 and 2021 annual conferences.
There are different RBA proposals with regards to the
legislative proposal under development (need for
effective harmonization, need for inserting reference to
existing industry due diligence approaches, tools,
standards, etc.) which we believe are not only critical for
an impactful, effective and efficient, legislation, but also
to ensure that the legislation builds on and scales
existing industry due diligence efforts. After all, industry
schemes and initiatives serve as communities of practice,
communities of expertise, and invaluable toolboxes full
of tools / standards / programs, the availability of which
is critical in enabling companies to implement and
comply with future mandatory due diligence legal
requirements. Also, it is a plain reality of present due
diligence efforts that, although the legal responsibility
lays with the individual company, true impact and scale
in qualitive due diligence efforts is achieved when
companies leverage shared standards, shared risk
assessment and identification tools, cooperation on
providing remediation and grievance, etc.
Together, the RBA and its Responsible Minerals, Labor
and Factory Initiatives have over 400 members with
combined annual revenues greater than $7.7 trillion,
directly employing over 21.5 million people, with
products manufactured in more than 120 countries
(covering electronics industry as well as automotive,
retail, toy, and others). For nearly two decades, the RBA
has been working at the forefront of business and
human rights, enabling member companies from around
the world to implement human rights and environmental
due diligence both in their operations and supply chains.
We work in close collaboration with governments,
including the European Commission (EC) in the context
of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation.
As set out in attached letter, the Responsible Business
Alliance would like to request a meeting with Vice
President Ms. Jourová for an exchange of views on this
crucial topic.
From the side of the Responsible Business Alliance would
participate in the meeting, alongside myself:
· 
 Chief Executive Officer
· 
 Global Policy Director


· If desired, we can involve senior representatives of
RBA member companies.
I thank you in advance for your time and interest.
Kind regards,
Responsible Business Alliance

@responsiblebusiness.org