U.S. Lacey Act Specification
Products and product packaging supplied to 3M Company must comply with laws related to product content. One such law is the U.S. Lacey Act, which was amended in 2008 to prohibit the purchase or sale of products or product packaging in the United States made from wood, paper, wood fiber or other plant materials, with certain limited exceptions, if the plant material was illegally harvested in its country of origin.
The Lacey Act has import declaration requirements that are currently in effect for a limited number of wood products. However, the prohibition on purchase or sale of products containing illegally harvested plant materials applies to all products containing plant material.
3M includes Lacey Act prohibitions on illegally harvested plant materials in new and renewed sourcing contracts. 3M has also developed a corporate U.S. Lacey Act Specification. The Specification has additional background on this law, and sets out 3M's expectations for suppliers providing materials to 3M that contain plant material subject to the Lacey Act.
The 3M Corporate U.S. Lacey Act specification is attached, and is also found on 3M.com, Explore 3M (scroll down to the Suppliers section and go to "Current Suppliers," then "Supplier Regulatory eEnablement").
3M's Supply Chain Policies on the Lacey Act
Under 3M's Supply Chain Policies: EHS, Transportation, Labor/Human Resources and Supplied Materials, suppliers are expected to adopt policies and management systems with respect to the Lacey Act and to require their suppliers to adopt similar policies and systems.
As a supplier to 3M, please become aware of these requirements and take the following steps:
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Determine which of the products you supply to 3M contain plant materials within the scope of the U.S. Lacey Act
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Work with your suppliers to make sure all plant materials are legally harvested, or validate the origin as recycled.
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Adopt company policies and management systems with respect to the U.S. Lacey Act and require your suppliers to adopt similar policies and systems. This will assist in pushing these requirements upstream and in obtaining information on legality of harvest that is passed downstream.
3M may be contacting you in future to request information on plant material and legality of harvest in connection with the products you supply to 3M.
For more information on the U.S. Lacey Act, please see the following link: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website.
U.S. Lacey Act Specification
