This year’s edition of the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will take place over three days, starting off with a Policymakers’ Day on 5 May which will connect aspirations of emerging economies and mining communities to move up the minerals value chain with shoring up resilience in the sector, spanning trade, development, finance, environment and taxation policy areas.
Sessions on 6 and 7 May will address key topics related to responsible business conduct and due diligence of minerals through plenaries, partner sessions and deep-dives, including in new, more interactive formats. Plenary sessions this year will address supply chain transparency, traceability and inter-operability challenges in addition to the role of commodity traders in minerals due diligence. Other topics at the Forum will include coherence between ESG initiatives, measuring the impact of due diligence, regional sessions and environmental due diligence. Sessions on 7 May will focus on artisanal and small-scale mining initiatives to enable responsible sourcing to drive formalisation.
Please note that this year will feature a more limited number of partner sessions throughout the 3 days in order to elevate priority themes identified by the multi-stakeholder steering group for the OECD responsible minerals implementation programme.
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