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How we are exercising transparency in our own environmental commitments

How we are exercising transparency in our own environmental commitments

September 25, 2023, by Levin Sources

Read our 2022-2023 carbon footprint report and discover how we ensure that our reporting of emissions, environmental policy and actions is accurate and specific.

Interview with Jérémie Safari, Executive Director of Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko, on LGBTQIA+ rights in ASM

Interview with Jérémie Safari, Executive Director of Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko, on LGBTQIA+ rights in ASM

August 10, 2023, by Jara Bakx & Lucie Goulet

Jérémie Safari shares the most effective ways to protect LGBTQIA+ individuals in ASM mining in the DRC.

LGBTQIA+ Rights Are Human Rights: Paving the Way for Inclusion in Responsible Mineral Sourcing Discourse

LGBTQIA+ Rights Are Human Rights: Paving the Way for Inclusion in Responsible Mineral Sourcing Discourse

August 9, 2023, by Jara Bakx & Lucie Goulet

Exploring how we can integrate LGBTQIA+ rights into the responsible sourcing discourse, creating an environment that embraces inclusivity and safeguards the well-being of people irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

We are B Corp certified!

We are B Corp certified!

May 23, 2023, by Estelle Levin-Nally

Our CEO and Founder Estelle Levin-Nally reflects on the journey to being a certified B Corp.

Rethinking traceability as a common good

Rethinking traceability as a common good

May 15, 2023, by Julie Schindall and Estelle Levin-Nally

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.

10 takeaways from the World Bank  “What Future for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining post-Covid-19?” Conference

10 takeaways from the World Bank “What Future for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining post-Covid-19?” Conference

February 16, 2023, by Rosanna Tufo

Shared insight from miners from Latin America, Africa and South-east Asia con challenges such as gender-based violence, lack of access to finance, land and markets, guaranteeing health and safety for miners, and combating prevalent narratives about the sector.

Analysing our 2021-2022 carbon footprint

Analysing our 2021-2022 carbon footprint

August 23, 2022, by Levin Sources

Our third Carbon Footprint report is symptomatic of how the minerals and mining sector and world are reopening post-pandemic.

GROUNDTRUTHING DOWNSTREAM ACTORS’ ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DRC ASM GOLD

GROUNDTRUTHING DOWNSTREAM ACTORS’ ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DRC ASM GOLD

June 28, 2022, by Rachel Brass

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.

Responsible Sourcing for the Just Transition: The biggest opportunity we have yet to seize

Responsible Sourcing for the Just Transition: The biggest opportunity we have yet to seize

May 31, 2022, by Julie Schindall

An overview of tools companies that use minerals and metals in their products – or produce them – have at their disposal to demonstrate responsible sourcing.

USAID’s Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) Project launches refiners Community of Practice to help set up responsible gold supply chain from eastern DRC

USAID’s Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) Project launches refiners Community of Practice to help set up responsible gold supply chain from eastern DRC

May 27, 2022, by Rachel Brass

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.

Gender equality to safeguard the environment: how women can improve the environmental performance of the minerals sector

Gender equality to safeguard the environment: how women can improve the environmental performance of the minerals sector

May 17, 2022, by Jara Bakx and Blanca Racionero Gomez

Women in mining-affected communities feel the impact of unsustainable and environmentally harmful practices disproportionately. We explore their crucial role in tackling the environmental challenges in mineral production and trading.

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