A campaign to combat the trade in scarce and valuable minerals to finance wars is being backed by the University of Edinburgh,the first in the UK to interrogate suppliers to detail how they source their raw materials
Edinburgh university is to cut the employ 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 supply information on where they source metals such as tin, and gold and tungsten in their products.
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Source: theguardian.com