17-20 April 2018 OECD Conference Centre, Paris
12th Forum on responsible mineral supply chains
17-19 April - The 2018 Forum provided the opportunity to review and discuss implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Minerals and other initiatives to enable responsible mineral production and sourcing. More than 700 stakeholders came together to discuss drivers for responsible sourcing across various minerals, alignment of industry programmes, the OECD portal for supply chain risk information, government monitoring of Guidance uptake and promotion, company risk mitigation and reporting, the role of commodity traders and country-level implementation progress in India, Europe and West Africa.
Draft agenda | Projet d'ordre du jour
OECD launches results of alignment assessment of industry minerals programmes
Forum Views on Value of Implementing Due Diligence
OECD work on due diligence in mineral supply chains
Introductory Remarks by Douglas Carpenter, European External Action Service
Concluding remarks by Guus Houttuin, Trade Adviser European External Action Service and Chair of the OECD Multi-stakeholder Steering Group
OECD-World Bank event on artisanal and small-scale mining
20 April - This event will take place at the OECD back-to-back with the 2018 Forum on responsible mineral supply chains.
Draft agenda | Project d'ordre du jour
OECD work on artisanal and small-scale mining
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