Conflict Minerals Policy

Flowserve culture is centered on ethics, integrity and trust. Our values and behaviors drive how we interact with each other, our customers, suppliers, partners and even our competitors. By combining uncompromising character, transparent business behavior, mutual respect, and world-class products and services, we seek to build an enduring culture that creates satisfied customers, engaged employees and partners as well as sustainable, profitable growth.

As a result, our ethical business practices support global efforts to assist in the eradication of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries, where the mining of certain minerals has partially financed the long-standing conflict in this region.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to "conflict minerals," as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The rules require manufacturers, such as Flowserve, who file certain reports with the SEC to disclose whether the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture contain conflict minerals (identified below) sourced from “covered countries” (identified below) that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.

  • Conflict minerals currently refer to gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten, the derivatives of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite and wolframite, regardless of where they are sourced, processed or sold.
  • The covered countries include: Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Zambia, Angola, Congo Republic, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

Flowserve supports the objectives and intent of this conflict minerals legislation and will fulfill its SEC reporting requirements.

Additionally, we are committed to working toward a conflict-free supply chain by implementing a management program integrated with our policies and processes to align our worldwide suppliers with this policy. Our Conflict Minerals program is addressed in our Supplier Code of Conduct, our Global Suppliers Terms & Conditions and our purchase order requirements.

  • Flowserve will not knowingly procure raw conflict minerals from covered countries that are not deemed conflict-free from mines, smelters and refiners that produce the minerals used in our products.
  • Flowserve will perform reasonable due diligence to document that conflict minerals used in the materials and components supplied to Flowserve are procured from outside the covered countries, or if they originate from the covered countries, that they are certified as conflict-free.
  • Flowserve is committed to educating our employees and our suppliers to ensure improved visibility in regard to the origin of the minerals as well as compliance by not knowingly sourcing conflict minerals from covered countries that are not deemed conflict-free.

If we discover that the use of any of these conflict minerals is found to originate from the covered countries and from sources that are not deemed conflict-free, we will take actions to transition toward a conflict-free status. Given the complexity and variety of our product offering and global supply chain, we understand that this will require an investment in resources and take time, but we are committed to meeting this goal and will be transparent in our progress toward this end. If you would like further information regarding this matter, please email us at [email protected].