Responsible Mineral Sourcing Initiatives｜Efforts to provide value through business

Although Advantest is not subject to Section 1502 of the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act (the so called “Conflict Minerals Clause”), to promote responsible mineral sourcing, we are committed to addressing the issue of conflict minerals. Since 2013, Advantest has been implementing an annual mineral procurement survey of our business partners using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and Extended Minerals Reporting Template (EMRT) tools developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)* and have set them as KPI in our Sustainability Action Plan.

Priority Themes	Target	CxO in charge	KPIs	KPI Target (FY2026)
Respect for human rights and fair deals in the supply chain	Responsible Mineral Procurement	CSCO	Supplier response rate to conflict minerals survey	99%

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RMI：Responsible Minerals Initiative
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CMRT：Conflict Minerals Reporting Template
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EMRT：Extended Minerals Reporting Template

Survey System

The survey is led by the Supply Chain Division. A survey schedule is developed in May each year, and the survey policy and the target products are determined together with the CSCO. A survey of our business partners is conducted around September, and the results are reported to the CSCO and relevant departments at the end of the fiscal year after verifying the smelters listed in the CMRT and EMRT with the information disclosed by the RMI.

Future Initiatives and Issues

While there is growing stakeholder interest in responsible mineral sourcing, we are also working to promote procurement from conformant smelters. However, it is still difficult to assure confirmation that a supplier is free of conflict minerals, therefore, we are continuing to work on this issue while internally examining how to improve the accuracy of the survey and how to provide feedback to our business partners, referring to information obtained through international organizations and experts.

Starting in FY2024, the scope of minerals was expanded to include cobalt and mica in addition to the conventional 3TG (tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold).

Results of Responsible Mineral Sourcing

Fiscal year	FY2023	FY2024		FY2025
Item	CMRT	CMRT	EMRT	CMRT	EMRT
Survey collection rate	99%	99%	100%	99%	100%
Number of business partners	99	60	5	100	28
Number of smelters surveyed	357	375	58	250	129

In this survey, as a result of the assessment conducted from the responsible mineral sourcing perspective, no high-risk or significant adverse impacts were identified at the smelters and refiners included in the scope of the survey. We will continue to request sourcing from conformant smelters and seek continued cooperation from our business partners who we are yet to confirm.

We also respond appropriately to all survey requests and inquiries from our customers regarding responsible mineral sourcing.