Levin Sources recently completed strategic assessments of transition minerals in 11 countries relevant to the just energy transition to support policymakers, philanthropic funders, industry and civil society by identifying the major levers through which minerals supply can be made more secure and resilient.
Explore the strengths and limitations of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation compared with other frameworks like the OECD Minerals Guidance and sector-specific standards, and why we need deeper engagement and cooperation to tackle illegal gold trade.
This report provides an overview of the emerging due diligence obligations and ensuing recommended changes to common current due diligence practices of Drive Sustainability members.
Levin Sources works with a range of individual businesses and governmental bodies, as well as industry and multi-stakeholder groupings, to help build a truly just and sustainable automotive sector that operates with respect for people and the environment across the entire production and use cycle of the vehicle.
Key Takeaways on the New EU Batteries Regulation and implications for battery minerals value chains.
It’s time to acknowledge we will never have perfect traceability through the entire value chain of a mineral and that we might want to consider tracking products and the traceability of information in the minerals value chain as a common good.
USAID’s Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) Project challenges negative assumptions about how DRC gold is extracted, associated risks, and how responsible mid-and downstream actors can tackle them.
An overview of tools companies that use minerals and metals in their products – or produce them – have at their disposal to demonstrate responsible sourcing.
Gold refiners Heimerle + Meule, IGR, Italpreziosi, L’Orfebre, MKS PAMP, PX Precinox, and Rand Refinery have joined a group of refiners interested in learning and sharing the realities of ASM gold from the DRC.
Explore how large companies can further their sustainability efforts by partnering with and supporting improvements in SMEs along the entirety of their supply chain.
We explain why successful sustainable supply chains need to seek out partnerships through the example of Fairphone.
You're motivated to improve your minerals supply chain’s sustainability by environmental and human factors. But where do you start?
At Levin Sources, we don’t think about supply chains only in terms of avoiding harm and managing risks, we are squarely in the camp of opportunity maximisation. Find out more in this article.
