Section 1 Conflict Minerals Report
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Introduction
Duluth Holdings Inc. (the Company, us, we or our) is a lifestyle brand of mens and
womens workwear, casual wear, outdoor apparel and accessories sold through our own omnichannel platform.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) adopted Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule) mandated by Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The
Rule requires SEC registrants to annually disclose whether columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively conflict minerals) are necessary
to the functionality or production of their products that they manufacture or contract to manufacture and whether those minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or an adjoining country, including Angola, Burundi,
Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (collectively, the Covered Countries).
The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or
production of their products (such minerals are referred to as necessary conflict minerals), excepting conflict minerals that, prior to January 31, 2013, were located outside of the supply chain (as defined in the Rule).
For products that contain necessary conflict minerals, the registrant must conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in any of the Covered
Countries. If, based on such inquiry, the registrant has no reason to believe that its necessary conflict minerals may have originated in a Covered Country, or if based on its RCOI the registrant reasonably believes that its necessary conflict
minerals did not originate in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant must disclose its RCOI and briefly describe the inquiry it undertook.
Product Description
During 2023, we
contracted to manufacture certain products for which conflict minerals may be necessary to their functionality or production, including apparel, footwear, and accessories. Within these products are components that can be identified but
are generally obtained indirectly from other suppliers by our direct suppliers. These components may include, but are not limited to, zippers, fabrics, buttons, snaps and buckles.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We completed
a RCOI with respect to the conflict minerals. Our RCOI included the following steps:
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We worked with members of our product development and sourcing teams to review and determine the materials used
in our products and where they were manufactured. Based on our review, we developed a list of 32 suppliers that we engage to manufacture or contract to manufacture certain of our products or portions of our products on our behalf that could contain
conflict minerals that are necessary to our products functionality or production (in-scope suppliers). |
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Our Associate Director of Quality Assurance then provided a survey to the
in-scope suppliers using the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) via
electronic mail. |
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We instructed each of our in-scope suppliers to work with their
component suppliers, as applicable, to take reasonable steps and make good faith efforts to identify the conflict minerals in our products and their sources. |
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We provided our in-scope suppliers assistance in identifying conflict
minerals in our products and their sources. |
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If responses to the CMRT were not received or incomplete, we followed up with the applicable in-scope supplier as necessary. |
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We reviewed responses for completeness and reasonableness, followed up with
in-scope suppliers via electronic mail/telephone, gathered any missing information and clarified any responses as needed. |