Voluntary sustainability standards are playing an increasingly important role in the extractive sector. Co-operation between standards and local authorities can be beneficial for resource governance on the ground. The study ‘Synergies between Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Mineral Sector Governance’, which will be published soon, is dedicated to questions relating to these possible mutual benefits. The study was commissioned by the GIZ sector programme Extractives and Development and conducted by Levin Sources.
The central question is how companies, state actors and voluntary sustainability standards can benefit from closer cooperation in order to more effectively address risks in the extraction of raw materials.
