Uchechukwu sampson Ogah briefing of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) to President Muhammadu Buhari, his comments:
“The documents presented were: Illustrated overview of PAGMI implementation.
Responsible sourcing framework.
The document aims to help PAGMI and other companies improve and manage their responsible sourcing and environmental, economic, social and governance (EESG) performance, finalized based on consultations with PAGMI.
The framework aims to cultivate an effective and transparent gold supply chain while demonstrating efforts to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, human rights abuses and respect for the environment.
Responsible Sourcing Toolkit –
The Responsible Sourcing Toolkit is a document developed as a multi-stakeholder initiative on responsible gold supply chain management that focuses on risk-based due diligence based on globally accepted standards such as LBMA, OECD, etc.
This toolkit has been developed to help guide companies by providing them with useful checklists, questionnaires, and helping them eventually report on their commitments, due diligence processes, and actions related to responsible gold sourcing across the value chain”.
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