Thanks to the CAPAZ project funded by the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM), the CRAFT code is now available, an open source tool that encourages industry and government to promote responsible mineral supply chains.
Miners
- Access to formal supply chains
- More insight into industry expectations
- Incentives to eliminate worst mining practices
- More legitimacy of miners’ activities
- A practical roadmap to formalization
- Positive change using a progressive improvement approach
Buyers
- Compliance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance
- Access to gold sourcing from artisanal and small-scale mining committed to risk management and mitigation
- Due diligence driving development in mining communities
- Contribution to best practices, sector strengthening and economic development of mining areas
NGOs +
public sector
- Mining royalties received from incorporating artisanal and small-scale mining gold into legal supply chains
- Better governance of non-renewable natural resources
- Legitimization of small-scale gold mining as a source of rural employment and opportunity for local development
- Less negative impacts caused by mining activities
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