Benjamin Katz

Sector lead, mineral supply chains OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct

Ben Katz leads the work on responsible mineral supply chains at the OECD’s Centre for Responsible Business Conduct. Established to promote the implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, the programme aims to advance the field primarily through policy advice, research and convening, and helping build out a global infrastructure for due diligence aligned with the Guidance. He has over 10 years of experience working on natural resource management in fragile settings. Prior to the OECD, Ben implemented responsible sourcing projects related to due diligence, traceability, and formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining mainly in Central and Southern Africa.

2025 Agenda Sessions

Corruption in mining - why is it so hard to talk about?

What are the cultural taboos and organisational silos that discourage open discussion about corruption?
Does the fear of reputational damage and legal consequences prevent companies from engaging in these conversations?
Examine the complexity of navigating different regulatory environments across countries and regions.

Tuesday 04 February 10:00 - 11:00 CTICC1

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/04/2025 10:00 02/04/2025 11:00 Corruption in mining - why is it so hard to talk about?

What are the cultural taboos and organisational silos that discourage open discussion about corruption?
Does the fear of reputational damage and legal consequences prevent companies from engaging in these conversations?
Examine the complexity of navigating different regulatory environments across countries and regions.

CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg

Joint OECD-LME-RMI event on Responsible Mineral Supply chains: Making criticality count at the regio

Welcome to a joint event on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains: Making Criticality Count at the Regional Level

Thursday 06 February 09:00 - 09:30 CTICC1

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/06/2025 09:00 02/06/2025 09:30 Joint OECD-LME-RMI event on Responsible Mineral Supply chains: Making criticality count at the regio Welcome to a joint event on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains: Making Criticality Count at the Regional Level
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg

Joint OECD-LME-RMI event: Transparency from the ground up: emerging approaches for connecting mines

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains sets out clear responsibilities for upstream and downstream companies to ease the flow of meaningful information on risks. While the past 10 years have seen audit systems, regulations and market requirements based on the Guidance rolled out, information flow is a systemic challenge. This session will examine different facets of this challenge, including trust and commercial sensitivity, due diligence scheme credibility and under-utilization of existing data sources. Actors from across the minerals supply chain will come together with civil society, governments and international organizations to explore emerging approaches to address these challenges. In particular, the session will highlight ways to enhance trusted channels including and beyond schemes for sharing due diligence data, how to do more with existing data like Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) reporting, and promote coherence in expectations for upstream companies to bring greater focus to risk mitigation.

Thursday 06 February 09:30 - 11:00 CTICC1

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/06/2025 09:30 02/06/2025 11:00 Joint OECD-LME-RMI event: Transparency from the ground up: emerging approaches for connecting mines The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains sets out clear responsibilities for upstream and downstream companies to ease the flow of meaningful information on risks. While the past 10 years have seen audit systems, regulations and market requirements based on the Guidance rolled out, information flow is a systemic challenge. This session will examine different facets of this challenge, including trust and commercial sensitivity, due diligence scheme credibility and under-utilization of existing data sources. Actors from across the minerals supply chain will come together with civil society, governments and international organizations to explore emerging approaches to address these challenges. In particular, the session will highlight ways to enhance trusted channels including and beyond schemes for sharing due diligence data, how to do more with existing data like Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) reporting, and promote coherence in expectations for upstream companies to bring greater focus to risk mitigation. CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg

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