This report has been authored by Cäcilie Le Gallic, Benjamin Katz and Louis Maréchal under the direction of Hannah Koep-Andrieu and Allan Jorgensen from the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct jointly with Louise Gallagher, Daniel Holm and Daniel M. Franks of the Global Centre for Mineral Security at the University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute. Members of the Coalition for Responsible Sand and Silicates provided support to the dialogue and research process, including Inter IKEA, Roca Group, Cary Group, Mota Ceramics Solutions Group (MSC Group), RiaStone, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In addition to the Coalition, the following organisations provided input: Alliance for Responsible Mining, Bernreuter Research, Alan Crawford Consulting LLC, Delve Exchange, Global Cement & Concrete Association, H&M, Holcim, Imerys, Intel, Industrial Minerals Association Europe (IMA-Europe), The Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC), Responsible Mica Initiative, Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Quarzwerke.
Due Diligence for Responsible Sand and Silicate Supply Chains