The 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders list was released on August 25. The list recognizes individuals who, through their ...
Demand for Gold Is Raising Its Price & the Associated Risks
Nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the world still has more questions than answers. That uncertainty is doing more than keeping people i...
What Are Conflict Minerals & How Can You Tell When They Are in Your Supply Chain?
The term “conflict minerals” refers to minerals extracted from conflict regions, or areas of the world experiencing systemic violence and unrest. Due ...
EU Conflict Minerals Regulation 2021: 3 Steps to a Responsible Minerals Program
The January 1, 2021, deadline for the European Union (EU) Conflict Minerals Regulation is approaching quickly, and companies in scope are preparing to...
How to Approach the EU for Market Access
As regulations evolve, customs agencies are supporting compliance across the European Union (EU) with increasingly complex customs requirements. Begin...
Why Eliminating Artisanal & Small Scale Mining Isn’t the Answer
Guest author Hugh Brown is a documentary photographer whose work has come to focus on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), giving him firsthand exp...
©Impact Facility: Artisanal miners at Chemaf’s Mutoshi, supported by Trafigura and civil society.
Responsible Mining: Formalizing the ASM Sector in DRC Copper-Cobalt Belt
For the last 1.5 years, Impact Facility has worked with Fairphone, Signify, and Huayou Cobalt to develop a program that addresses urgent issues associ...
Cobalt in Crisis: Top China Supplier Stops Purchasing From Congo Miners
On May 28, 2020, the Financial Times reported that Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd has stopped purchasing cobalt from independent miners in the Democratic Repu...
CMRT 6.01 & CRT 2.11 Released: What You Need to Know
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) has released new versions of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and Cobalt Reporting Template (...
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