20 November – FFI Event: Following the Money: ESG and Accountability in the Raw Materials Race

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The role of banks and investors is key in financing critical minerals production and processing. Where the financial sector goes today, the world goes tomorrow. Do banks and investors apply sufficient due diligence to foster responsible mining and processing of critical minerals? What role can the EU play in stimulating responsible mining without human rights abuses?

This panel will focus on the role of the financial sector in financing critical minerals. It aims to identify gaps and best practices among investors and banks policies vis a vis the critical mining sector. It will also look at key European Union policies/regulations and industry standards for critical minerals and the financial sector: do they provide sufficient steer towards responsible mining and towards banks and investors in the mining sector?

Speakers

● Yovana Mamani Choqueza, CooperAccion, Peru: failing due diligence: the local impacts of copper mine Antapaccay in Espinar, Peru and links with EU banks and investors

● Donat Kambola, L'Initiative Bonne Gouvernance et Droits Humains (IBGDH), DRC: the local impacts of Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in DRC and links with EU investors.

● Carl Kuehl, European Commission: the CRMA, CSDDD and the Batteries Regulation: shaping sustainable supply of critical minerals

● Blanca Racionero, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: the implications of the CMSI for financial actors.

● Kees Kodde, Oxfam/Fair Finance International: the role of banks and investors in critical mining and EU policies with regards to critical minerals and the financial sector.

Moderator: Martina Matarazzo, Resource Matters

Practicalities

• When: Thursday 20 November, 12:30 – 13:45 CET
• Where: Marivaux Hotel, 98 Adolphe Maxlaan, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
• Register here.

This event is organized by Fair Finance International, Oxfam International, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 11.11.11, CooperAccion and  L'Initiative Bonne Gouvernance et Droits Humains (IBGDH)