OPEN EVENT
This is a partner-led session of the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains co-organized with: Drive Sustainability, IPIS, LSE Ideas
As the world pivots towards a green transition, the surging demand for raw materials presents both opportunities for economic growth and challenges for human rights and environmental protection.
This OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains partner-led session addresses the critical role of investments in enhancing sustainability across the minerals value chain, integrating local community voices into the development of sustainable sourcing. We will examine the implications of EU sustainability requirements and the global push for responsible sourcing, highlighting the necessity of collaborative investments and partnerships to ensure accountability and transparency of the mining sector and mitigation of adverse impacts of mining activities on the local population.
The geopolitical context and the access to raw materials makes “the sustainability agenda an investment and partnership agenda”, one that calls for joint value chain engagement to achieve sustainable growth of minerals supply chains. The session will focus on top-down and bottom-up changes in policy and practice: IPIS will discuss how to make regulations voted in the EU more impactful at the local level in the context of the cobalt, tantalum, and tungsten mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Additionally, the London School of Economics will introduce the Human Security Business Partnership model as a framework for fostering meaningful collaborations between private sector, governments, and local communities. These partnerships aim to restructure long-term relationships between producers and buyers in order to enhance supply chain resilience and sustainability.
Engage with our expert panel for a dynamic discussion on transforming engagement and investment practices to support a sustainable, equitable future for mineral production and consumption.