Editing Intel (section)

====Conflict-free production====
In 2009, Intel announced that it planned to undertake an effort to remove [[conflict resource]]s—materials sourced from mines whose profits are used to fund armed militant groups, particularly within the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]—from its supply chain. Intel sought conflict-free sources of the precious metals common to electronics from within the country, using a system of first- and third-party audits, as well as input from the [[Enough Project]] and other organizations. During a keynote address at [[Consumer Electronics Show]] 2014, Intel CEO at the time, Brian Krzanich, announced that the company's microprocessors would henceforth be conflict free. In 2016, Intel stated that it had expected its entire supply chain to be conflict-free by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gunther|first=Marc|date=January 13, 2014|title=Intel unveils conflict-free processors: will the industry follow suit?|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/intel-conflict-minerals-ces-congo-electronics |access-date=November 6, 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=January 5, 2016|title=In 2016, Intel's Entire Supply Chain Will Be Conflict-Free|language=en-US|work=Fast Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3055066/in-2016-intels-entire-supply-chain-will-be-conflict-free |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=January 6, 2014|title=Starting Now, All Intel Microprocessors Are Conflict-Free: Here's How The Company Did It|language=en-US|work=Fast Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3024292/starting-now-all-intel-microprocessors-are-conflict-free-heres-how-the-company-did-it |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In its 2012 rankings on the progress of consumer electronics companies relating to [[conflict minerals]], the Enough Project rated Intel the best of 24 companies, calling it a "Pioneer of progress".<ref name="EnoughProject2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.enoughproject.org/files/CorporateRankings2012.pdf |title=Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets: Company Rankings on Conflict Minerals 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2012 |last=Lezhnev |first=Sasha |author2=Alex Hellmuth |date=August 2012 |publisher=[[Enough Project]]}}</ref> In 2014, chief executive Brian Krzanich urged the rest of the industry to follow Intel's lead by also shunning conflict minerals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25636001 |title=Intel vows to stop using 'conflict minerals' in new chips |last1=Miller |first1=Joe |date=January 7, 2014 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=The BBC |access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>