2025 Agenda Sessions

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Principles in Critical Mineral Supply Chains (MSP Forum)

*INVITE ONLY*

This session, hosted by the MSP Forum at Indaba, will examine how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles are shaping the future of critical mineral supply chains. It will explore strategies for integrating ESG practices to ensure ethical sourcing, environmental sustainability, and social equity in mineral production and distribution.  
Discussions will focus on addressing key challenges such as transparency, stakeholder engagement, and mitigating environmental impacts, while highlighting the critical role of ESG in driving responsible mineral supply for the global energy transition. 

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The Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 - Ensuring Inclusion of Local Voices & Equitable Dist

The Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 is a collaborative investor-led initiative seeking to define a vision for a socially and environmentally responsible mining sector overall by 2030, and to develop a consensus about the role of finance in realising this vision. The Commission is consulting with stakeholders on one of its seven workstreams: ‘Inclusion of local voices and sustained and equitable benefits locally and nationally’.  

It seeks input from stakeholders on practices for fair and transparent inclusion of local voices in decision-making, the key gaps and barriers to application of good practice and the role of investors in promoting the application of good practice. These inputs will be used to inform the Commission’s work in developing a set of strategic actions for investors to promote good practice throughout the mining lifecycle. 

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Who owns Africa’s minerals? What could Africa gain from Minerals as a Service?

• What would happen if we never sold the mineral we mined to manufacturers and consumers?
• How could this make mining and minerals more circular and sustainable?
• How could this benefit businesses, mining communities, consumers and nature?
• Could this enhance ‘mineral security’ for everyone?
• Who is already doing this in minerals, and elsewhere?

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Lithium and graphite: What Is Africa's true potential for filling the long-term EV battery gap? And,

Session sponsored by Syrah Resources

Part of the Redefining Critical Minerals programme (hosted as part of the Disruptive Discussions agenda on Wednesday)

• What is needed to expedite the introduction of new lithium and graphite mines in Africa?
• How big is Africa's lithium and graphite potential exactly?
• Responsible sourcing - the make or break for these critical minerals?
• The government question - how to balance the profit scale between global supply of raw materials and downstream value-addition
• Lessons learned - advice from Africa's current producers

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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
 

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