Supply Chain Reading Room
2024 Global Forum on ASGM
Materials from the planetGOLD Global Team
Documenting planetGOLD programme experiences with ASGM supply chain mechanisms
Jara Bakx, Blanca Racionero Gómez, and Rosanna Tufo - Levin Sources EnglishFrenchSpanish
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining's predominantly informal nature, regulatory constraints, financial limitations, and difficulties in meeting compliance standards all present challenges for miners to access formal markets. This report assesses the efficacy of planetGOLD ASGM supply chain mechanisms — focusing on experiences from country projects funded during the program's first phase, with the objective of distilling key insights for similar ASGM market access initiatives.
Agreements and Engagement with Rightsholders in ASGM: Moving from Common Approaches toward Best Practice
Taylor Kennedy and Julia Keenan - for planetGOLD EnglishFrenchSpanish
This report provides guidance for planetGOLD ASGM entities to conform with the planetGOLD Criteria for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Operations, specifically one criterion that requires ASGM entities to consult with and seek free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) from any Indigenous or tribal community whose rights or lands may be impacted.
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Overcoming Practical Barriers for Integrating Responsible Artisanal and Small-Scale Mined Gold into International Supply Chains
Assheton S. Carter, Candice Jumwa & David Sturmes-Verbeek, The Impact Facility EnglishFrenchSpanish
When artisanal and small-scale miners produce gold observing relevant environmental, social and governance standards, practical barriers to accessing international markets typically still remain. This report aims to inform the funders, leaders, and managers of existing and planned ASGM Market Access Initiatives, to highlight the impediments such initiatives face in establishing a flow of formal responsible ASM gold into international markets.
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Supply Chain Technology Solutions for planetGOLD Projects
planetGOLD EnglishFrenchSpanish
Despite producing an estimated 20% of the world’s annual supply of newly mined gold, the ASGM sector has traditionally had challenges connecting with the formal world gold market. While numerous formal buyers are eager for gold produced by artisanal and small-scale gold miners, meeting rigorous standards for due diligence standards and responsible sourcing poses a challenge. This study examines the role that can be played by supply chain technologies in facilitating conformity with the planetGOLD Criteria by looking at specific types of supply chain solutions, including due diligence, traceability and block-chain solutions, and analyzing
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planetGOLD Criteria for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Operations (Filipino)
Artisanal Gold Council, planetGOLD Philippines Filipino
The brochure introduces a standard set of criteria for conformance of the SSM organizations under the planetGOLD program. It contains the summary of modules based on the CRAFT Code and the planetGOLD-specific criteria as per the GEF Environment and Social Safeguards requirements.
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Guidelines for Following FPIC for Indigenous Peoples
Conservation International Guyana English
An approach for use under the El Dorado Gold Responsible Mining Initiative
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