Conflict Minerals Report
In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Autoliv, Inc. (“Autoliv” or the “Company” or “we”) for the year ended December 31, 2024 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule”). Defined terms in this Report that are not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Rule and SEC Release No. 34-67716 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2012.
Conflict Minerals Program
Overview
Autoliv is a supplier of automotive safety systems with a broad range of product offerings, including modules and components for passenger and driver airbags, side airbags, curtain airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels and pedestrian protection systems. As a supplier of automotive safety products, we are knowledgeable of the design and material content of our products and the processes used to produce them. As a result, we have determined that many of our products contain gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, and their derivatives, tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, the “Covered Minerals”) necessary to the functionality or production of those products.
Pursuant to the Rule, we undertook a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) and performed due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the necessary Covered Minerals in our products that we had reason to believe may have originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively defined as the “Covered Countries”) and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources, to determine whether such products were “DRC conflict free”. We use the term “conflict free” in this Report in a broader sense to refer to suppliers, supply chains, smelters, and refiners whose sources of Covered Minerals did not or do not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.
Policy
As part of the Company management systems described further below, we implemented a Conflict Minerals policy that prohibits human rights abuses associated with the extraction, transport or trade of minerals. We also prohibit any direct or indirect support to non-state armed groups or security forces that illegally control or tax mine sites, transport routes, trade points or any upstream actors in the supply chain. We require the parties in our supply chain to agree to follow the same principles, and we are working with our supply chain to improve traceability of minerals and ensure responsible sourcing. Suppliers who manufacture components, parts, or products containing Covered Minerals must commit to only sourcing those materials from environmentally and socially responsible sources. A link to Autoliv’s Conflict Minerals Policy can be found at https://www.autoliv.com/sustainability/sustainability-reporting/conflict-minerals-reports. The websites referenced herein and the information accessible through such websites are not incorporated into this specialized disclosure report.
Description of Products
Certain products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by Autoliv contain Covered Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of such products.
For more information on the origin of the materials used in these products, please see “Due Diligence Results for the 2024 Calendar Year” below.