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A Pathway for Improving Cooperation towards more Sustainable Minerals Value Chains

A Pathway for Improving Cooperation towards more Sustainable Minerals Value Chains

October 29, 2024, by Estelle Levin-Nally

The Pathway is particularly applicable to multistakeholder processes seeking to align diverse stakeholders to take complementary or joint action to address a common issue or opportunity.

How the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation can support the responsible sourcing of Amazonian gold

How the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation can support the responsible sourcing of Amazonian gold

October 21, 2024, by Estelle Levin-Nally

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.

7 principles to support the professionalisation and development of a responsible artisanal and small-scale mining sector

7 principles to support the professionalisation and development of a responsible artisanal and small-scale mining sector

February 23, 2024, by Estelle Levin-Nally and Rosanna Tufo

Donors and investors are looking into the role of the ASM sector in the context of critical minerals. They are scoping how they might support mitigating the challenges and advancing the development of ASM. Here is our advice to support the professionalisation and development of a responsible ASM sector.

"We have to think more widely than just climate change, for the sake of climate change"

"We have to think more widely than just climate change, for the sake of climate change"

January 16, 2024, by Estelle Levin-Nally, CEO and Founder

Our CEO and Founder Estelle Levin-Nally outlines her vision for our sector in 2024.

The New EU Batteries Regulation: Driving companies to rise to the higher due diligence standard, with a broader social and environmental risk lens

The New EU Batteries Regulation: Driving companies to rise to the higher due diligence standard, with a broader social and environmental risk lens

October 5, 2023, by Ashley Smith-Roberts and Julie Schindall

Key Takeaways on the New EU Batteries Regulation and implications for battery minerals value chains.

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.

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