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.
Explore practical actions that businesses in the automotive sector can take to prevent and address adverse human rights risks and impacts in their copper supply chains in ways that complement and go beyond the implementation of audits and certification schemes.
When Levin Sources works with businesses on public reporting, we help them seize this opportunity to make public disclosure a boon to help them reach their ambitions as a responsible, investment-ready, legally compliant company. That’s the promise of a value-add approach to reporting.
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.
Find out how the EU CSDD and EU CSRD will impact how companies manage and report on their mandatory due diligence obligations regarding human rights, environmental impacts and associated corporate governance reforms.
Explore the opportunities for using technology solutions in responsible minerals production and sourcing in the DRC.
Nos experts montrent comment la diligence raisonnable peut contribuer au changement "sur le terrain" et être bénéfique pour les entreprises mais aussi pour les communautés affectées par leur activité.
Our experts explore how due diligence can drive change “on the ground” and work not only for companies but also for communities affected by corporate activity.
Find out how we identified and assessed the impact of going “beyond conflict-free” for tungsten extraction for Fairphone and its supply chain partners through the example of the New Bugarama Mine in Rwanda.
Read our analysis of what is needed to drive impact in mineral supply chains and support development in producer communities and countries.
Looking into what Digital4Development means for the mining sector, and how we are investing in it at Levin Sources, from award-winning AI solutions to due diligence digital solutions.
What a year it's been! Here our Founder and CEO Estelle Levin-Nally looks back at 2020 and what the pandemic has meant for Levin Sources and the mining and minerals sector at large.
An overview the state of play of the proposed European legislation on mandatory human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence drawing attention to the purpose of human rights due diligence processes and the expected benefits to the most vulnerable in supply chains.
Discover how Levin Sources created the Hub’s content and architecture, supported the EPRM Secretariat in its leadership of the Working Group, and strategised the initial communications plan.
Our Responsible Sourcing Training provides you with a concrete understanding of how to implement due diligence in your organisation, on a budget and with limited resources.
Part two of Anna Barker's conversation with bespoke jewellery Harriet Kelsall
