Lithium Metals|Lithium Compounds--Ganfeng Lithium Co.,Ltd

The company has formulated the Administrative Measures for Bidding, Negotiated Tendering and Contract Review and Evaluation and the Supplier Management Procedures for carefully selecting qualified suppliers of production materials and equipment. We comprehensively evaluate suppliers on the criteria of manufacturing, quality control, innovation ability, social responsibility, etc. in order to build a transparent supply chain.

Build Sustainable Supply Chains

The company incorporates the concept of sustainable development into the procurement process by actively purchasing environmentally friendly products and services and prioritizing procurement from responsible suppliers. The company has formulated the Code of Conduct for Suppliers to guide and regulate supplier behavior in terms of law-abiding operations, compliant employment, resource consumption, emission control, health and safety, and business ethics. This code also encourages suppliers to assume more environmental and social responsibilities. The company requires all suppliers to sign the commitment to the code of conduct for suppliers and encourages upper-level suppliers to recognize and adopt Ganfeng Lithium's code of conduct for suppliers.
The company needs to purchase a small amount of cobalt metal for the production of ternary precursors. For this, we follow the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Social Responsibility Guidelines for China's Overseas Mining Investment, China's Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains and other documents. We also follow the three goals of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI). We have formulated the code of conduct for suppliers, due diligence control procedures for responsible mineral supply chains and responsible mineral checklist for suppliers among other documents to conduct sustainable management of the supply chains of relevant mineral raw materials. This code also supports to identify, prevent and reduce risks that may cause conflicts, serious violations of human rights and serious negligence, improve supply chain governance capabilities and build responsible supply chains. At the same time, we apply the above-mentioned responsible supply chain management measures to the lithium supply chain.

Ganfeng Lithium Pledges

Where identifiable：

?To not use minerals from Risk I territories1
To control and continuously improve the use of minerals from Risk II territories2
To prioritise the use of internationally available list of legal minerals
To identify, manage and avoid serious human rights violations in business activities
To identify, manage and avoid direct or indirect support to illegally organised armed groups and public or private security forces in business activities
To eliminate corruption, money laundering and other corrupt practices in business activities
To protect employees' occupational health and safety

Complaint Mechanism

Ganfeng encourages stakeholders to seriously and responsibly make comments or suggestions on due diligence system of supply chain, to help the company improve its performance; At the same time, it also accepts complaints from stakeholders, and provides proper, unblocked channels and proper, fair ways to deal with complaints, to ensure that the work of the company is carried out in an orderly manner.?

I. Ways of complaints?

Complaints methods include: Telephone and Written (including EMAIL). Stakeholders may make comments, suggestions or complaints to Ganfeng by telephone, mail or letter.?
Appeal telephone：+86-790-6415606
Appeal mailbox：liaolonglong@ganfenglithium.com

II. Reception of complaints?

Ganfeng Sustainability Development Office is the department responsible for handling complaints, with a designated person responsible for receiving each opinion, suggestion or complaint submitted by stakeholders, and acknowledging receipt within two working days after submission.?

III. Review of appeals?

1. A complaint shall be admissible if: It?is related to the due diligence management of the supply chain of Ganfeng?Lithium, including any identified risks; It could identify deficiencies, inconsistencies or deficiencies in the due diligence system; Including sufficient objective evidence to reasonably support the allegations of the complainant; It violates the requirements of the Human Rights and Labor Practices Policy and the Environment, Health and Safety Policy; It violates the requirements of the Code of Business Ethics and Conduct; Submit in good faith

2.A complaint shall not be accepted if: It is irrelevant to the due diligence management of the supply chain of Ganfeng?Lithium; It is related to issues other than control, influence or responsibility of Ganfeng?Lithium; It lacks sufficient objective evidence to support the complaint reasonably; It is not submitted in good faith.

3.All complaints must be based on facts and truthful contents. Assumptions and false contents shall not be used as the basis for complaints. No malicious attacks and slander shall be allowed.

Ⅳ.Handling of complaints?

If the complaint does not meet the conditions of Item 1, Ganfeng?Lithium?will notify the complainant of the decision, including the reasons for Ganfeng's refusal to appeal.

If necessary, Ganfeng?may advise the complainant to submit the complaint to other parties. If applicable, Ganfeng?will inform the complainant of the complaint mechanism of the specific certification scheme related to the complaint. Once the complaint is accepted, Ganfeng?Social Responsibility Office will organize relevant departments to investigate all the elements of the complaint and inform the complainant of the investigation results and the corrective measures (if any) determined for resolving the complaint within 7 working days (the results shall be notified in a manner consistent with the confidentiality policy). Ganfeng?Lithium?takes one of the following actions to address each complaint: Acceptance of complaints and adopting corrective action Acceptance of complaints and not adopting corrective action Dismissing complaint Publish the outcome or inform the complainant

Ⅴ.Confidentiality of information?

After receiving the complaint information, the social responsibility office shall be responsible for the preservation of the information, the transmission of the information review, and the processing and feedback of the information. Disclosure to persons outside the office is prohibited without the consent of the person in charge of the director's office. If there is a violation, the related party shall be punished in accordance with the company's regulations on rewards and punishments.?

Ⅵ.Complainant protection?

The handling personnel shall keep the complaint information strictly confidential. The complaint materials shall be strictly managed as confidential information, and no one may access them without the approval of the company's main leader or the leader in charge. It is strictly forbidden to transfer the complaint materials to the respondent, or to retaliate against the whistle-blowers. The relevant party shall protect