Company-mineral profile
Tantalum · Manufacturer
Method 0.4 · Release 11 · deployed September 13, 2026, 00:07 UTC (September 12, 8:07 p.m. ET)
Dataset last updated: September 12, 2026
Company-level 3TG disclosure; not a product, shipment, direct-supplier or facility-performance assessment.
Current issuer disclosure benchmark. Product mix differs within this initial cohort, and issuer-reported figures are not independently verified by Highbrow.
Named companies have not endorsed or participated in this research.
Release 11 records source and review dates once per profile, shown above. Method 0.5 will record them for each criterion.
Policy and supplier expectations are described.
Named team, steering committee and management reporting are described.
Mineral-level potential SOR totals and possible origin countries are disclosed with supplier-data limitations.
RMI audit statuses are reported, but Cisco states that its own report did not receive an independent private-sector audit.
Escalation, mitigation, supplier scorecard and potential removal are described.
The annual filing states scope, results, forward-looking limits and the absence of an audit of the report.
276; approximately 99% of relevant direct-material spend
Issuer-reported 3TG-wide coverage; not a tantalum-only response rate.
sec.gov ↗ · III, In-Scope Supplier Survey Responses · As of 2025-12-31
34
Potential sources reported through accepted supplier CMRTs; not confirmed Cisco procurement routes.
sec.gov ↗ · III, Table 1 — Tantalum · As of 2025-12-31
100%
Cisco's covered-country method combines conformant/active SORs with certain recyclers or SORs reported outside covered countries; not a Highbrow risk rating.
sec.gov ↗ · III, Table 1 — Tantalum · As of 2025-12-31
Reported possible upstream · 2026-04-09
The reporting company identifies this facility as a possible source somewhere in its supplier-reported network. This does not establish a direct supplier, exact tier, shipment or product link.
cisco.com ↗ · PDF p.5; facility name
Reported possible upstream · 2026-04-09
The reporting company identifies this facility as a possible source somewhere in its supplier-reported network. This does not establish a direct supplier, exact tier, shipment or product link.
cisco.com ↗ · PDF p.5; facility name
Reported possible upstream · 2026-04-09
The reporting company identifies this facility as a possible source somewhere in its supplier-reported network. This does not establish a direct supplier, exact tier, shipment or product link.
cisco.com ↗ · PDF p.6; facility name
A “reported possible upstream” relationship is not a “confirmed direct” relationship.
Report a correctionCMMS-BS assesses what public sourcing disclosures establish. It is not a certification, an audit or legal advice.