e-Stewards “Brokers of Shame” Mandatory Disclosure and Survey

BAN appreciates the diligence and professionalism of our e-Stewards community in upholding the highest standards for ethical and responsible electronics recycling. Your cooperation and feedback are critical to maintaining a credible, transparent, and trusted certification program. Thank you. Please turn in this survey by November 27th, 2025.

Part B

The following disclosures must be filled out by all prospective and current e-Stewards Processors.

Name of Organization(Required)

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Our organization confirms that, as of November 22, 2025, we are not engaged in, and have no plans to enter into, any business relationship or contract with the 10 brokers (or their known subsidiaries or rebranded entities) referenced in Appendix A of the BAN report. Nor will we knowingly allow our downstream vendors to do business with these companies for any Materials of Concern (MOCs) on the pathway to final disposition.

Our organization will, after November 22, 2025, engage in a business relationship or contract with one of the 10 brokers (or their known subsidiaries or rebranded entities) referenced in Appendix A of the BAN report, for the handling of Materials of Concern (MOCs). We understand that this disclosure may prompt e-Stewards to review relevant documentation under the Critical Non-Conformity policy to confirm conformity with the e-Stewards Standard.

Signature is signed by somebody with authority to speak on behalf of the e-Stewards corporation(Required)

Agree

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Part C

To be filled out by all prospective in-process and current e-Stewards Organizations and e-Stewards Enterprise companies.

1) Should the e-Stewards program do more to enhance program integrity?

2) If so, as has been the practice in the past, is your organization willing to pay more for such enhancement commensurate with the cost of such verification?

3) In the following areas below, please indicate whether we should pursue further activity:

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree
a) Explore placement of GPS trackers upstream of e-Stewards certified organizations
b) Conduct more unannounced inspections with highly trained inspectors
c) Require downstream due diligence charts be updated and filed with e-Stewards and CBs every 2 months
d) Require more onsite audits of downstream vendors by e-Stewards processors
e) Require downstream vendors to allow unannounced inspections by e-Stewards administration
f) Enhance auditor training on export and data security requirements
g) Provide more training and guidance, including webinars and guides, for e-Stewards to better understand the Basel Convention
h) Seek to work with SERI to ensure enforcement and application of issues of export conformity to the Basel Convention are equally rigorous in both standards, and educate auditors and processors to the issue

Other ideas for improving enforcement:

e-Stewards “Brokers of Shame” Mandatory Disclosure and Survey

e-Stewards “Brokers of Shame” Mandatory Disclosure and Survey

Part B

Part C

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