the ITSCI Programme for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
an award-winning multi-stakeholder programme contributing to better governance, human rights & stability
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BEYOND CONFLICT
Stakeholder Benefits
Benefiting Business
Local miners, traders and exporters
- Improved security and reduced corruption
- Economic and social development
- Reduced risk and potential investment
Traders and smelters
- Reliable information from the field
- Increased access to consistent supplies
- Reduced reputational and financial risk
Downstream traders and manufacturers
- Information for Dodd Frank & other compliance
- Reduced reputational risk
- Opportunity to make a difference ‘beyond conflict’
Benefiting Communities
National and local government
- Increased formalisation of artisanal and small mining
- Improved authority and control of mining sector
- Training and advice for due diligence monitoring
- Improved data and potential tax collection
Local and mining communities
- Opportunity to report and resolve risks
- Increased security, support and income
- Share of taxes for infrastructure and projects
Intergovernmental and donor organisations
- Successful support for formalisation and trade
- Meeting policy objectives for stabilisation and development
- Opportunities to create results ‘beyond conflict’
News
News
EU global mineral related conflict and human rights rules finalised
On 3rd April 2017, the Council of the European Union adopted the long debated regulation designed to address conflict and human rights abuses linked to the global mineral trade of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG) through certification of EU importers (click...
Apple veut inclure le cobalt dans les protocoles de devoir de diligence concernant la RDC
Suite à une récente publicité portant sur des allégations de travail des enfants et de mauvaises conditions de travail dans les mines artisanales de cobalt en RDC, Apple a annoncé qu'elle commencera cette année à inclure les fournisseurs de cobalt dans ses protocoles...
Le président par intérim républicain de la SEC cherche à réduire la déclaration des minerais de conflit de la SEC
Reuters a rapporté que le président par intérim de la Securities and Exchange Commission des États-Unis envisage de réduire la règle de la SEC sur les « minerais de conflit ». Le républicain Michael Piwowar a annoncé qu'il avait demandé au personnel de reconsidérer la...