Monday 13 November 2023, 14:00-16:00 CET

Le Plaza Hotel, Marie Henriette Room, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium  

Organized by Resource Matters and the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), with the support of the EU Raw Materials Coalition.

In recent years, the world of business has shown a growing concern towards Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, and the critical minerals sector makes no exception. However, while a number of measures have been envisaged in order to tackle environmental and human rights concerns, progress in addressing corruption in mineral supply chains seems to proceed at a slower pace. Failing to include corruption in the ESG conversation heavily contributes to making mineral supply chains more unstable and volatile, it represents a reputational risk for consumer-facing companies, and it feeds poverty in sourcing countries, exacerbating the divide between the Global North and South. 

This panel discussion will gather representatives from the EU, international organizations, NGOs and civil society from sourcing countries, in order to illustrate the importance of tackling corruption in the supply chains of raw materials, to take stock of what has been done already, and to explore possibilities to fill the existing gaps.