Suppliers Are Our Partners

• KE is a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), which is evaluating the supply chain risks of conflict minerals and other minerals (e.g., cobalt, mica) and studying how to mitigate those risks.
• We require our suppliers, vendors, contractors, and partners to meet each of our global Human Rights standards.
• Our Global Supplier Quality Manual (GSQM) functions as our certification program for suppliers, ensuring that we obtain written acknowledgment of their obligation to comply with all applicable laws, our Code of Conduct, and our Global Human Rights Policy.
• Our Supply Chain Transparency Policy is accessible on Kimball Electronics’ Environmental, Social and Governance Web site.
• Our product compliance team conducts due diligence and analysis to help our customers ensure that their products meet the many important product compliance requirements created to protect the environment and to prevent human rights and health issues, including REACH, RoHS, California Proposition 65, those pertaining to Conflict Minerals, and more.
• We are committed to the use of a socially responsible supply chain to reduce both the risk of human rights violations and the use of conflict minerals (tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold, or “3TG”) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and certain adjoining countries. Our efforts include requiring our suppliers to undertake reasonable due diligence within their supply chain to ensure that the 3TG in the materials we source from them do not directly or indirectly contribute to significant adverse human rights impacts, as well as conducting due diligence before allowing a potential supplier to become one of our preferred suppliers.
• We request the return of reporting forms related to conflict minerals from our suppliers under the RMI Conflict Minerals Survey. Further, we seek to remove any suppliers that continue to fail to meet our supplier and conflict minerals policies after being provided the opportunity to remedy noncompliance via implementation of a corrective action plan.
• We provide recurring internal trainings for employees and certain select contractors on export compliance, anti-corruption and anti-slavery, and insider trading.
• Suppliers also commit to allowing us to conduct supply chain audits for safety and compliance, to engaging in only legitimate and ethical business and labor practices, and to ensuring that their employees, supply chain, and stakeholders understand how to report any actual or suspected misconduct using our ethics hotline.
• We reserve the right to terminate a contract, withhold payment, and assess fees and/or costs for any noncompliant supplier.

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“Kimball Electronics is not only growing its business but growing its commitment to integrate ESG across our business activities. Our guiding principles are the heart of our operation. I am honored to be part of this journey. I truly believe this integration is key to our success and sustainable future.”

— Arlette Santamaria, HR Supervisor, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified