UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

Owens Corning

 

 

 

DE		1-33100		43-2109021
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

One Owens Corning Parkway Toledo, OH		43659
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Ava Harter

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

419-248-8000

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

x

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

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Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Overview of Owens Corning Products

Owens Corning (the “Company”) is comprised of three segments: (1) Composites, which includes our reinforcements and downstream businesses; (2) Insulation business; and (3) Roofing and Asphalt businesses.

In the Composites segment, the reinforcements business manufactures, fabricates and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber. The downstream business manufactures and sells glass fiber products in the form of fabrics, mat, veil and other specialized products.

In the Insulation segment, the insulation business makes products such as thermal and acoustical batts and boards, loose fill insulation, foam sheathing and accessories.

In the Roofing and Asphalt segment, the business makes laminate and strip asphalt roofing shingles as well as oxidized asphalt and roofing accessories.

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act defines conflict minerals as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, “Conflict Minerals”). The Company has conducted an internal review of its products and manufacturing processes and determined that Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the spinners that are part of the machinery used to make insulating materials, filters and other glass fiber products. In 2015, the Company manufactured or contracted to manufacture spinners. Most of the spinners were used at the Company’s facilities in the production of its insulation products and some of the spinners were sold to third parties.

The Company conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) regarding the origin of the Conflict Minerals in the spinners. In conducting the RCOI, the Company contacted the single contract manufacturer of spinner parts containing Conflict Minerals (the “Supplier”) and discussed its policies and practices regarding the sourcing of Conflict Minerals. The Supplier indicated that it has received written certifications from its sub-suppliers that the conflict minerals they provide to the Supplier do not originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country, but the Supplier does not have third-party validation from a particular organization, program or protocol regarding each of the smelters used by its sub-suppliers. The Company has obtained a completed Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Conflict Minerals Reporting Template from the Supplier that provided no indication or reason to believe that Conflict Minerals in the spinner parts it supplied had originated from the DRC or an adjoining country. The Company continues to work with the Supplier to ensure that the Conflict Minerals supplied for spinner products do not originate in the DRC or an adjoining country.

This disclosure is also available in the Investor Relations section of our website (http://investor.owenscorning.com) under the tab entitled “SEC Filings.” Other information on our website shall not be deemed incorporated into, or to be a part of, this filing.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

Date: May 31, 2016