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Bullion World | Volume 4 | Issue 2 | February 2024

LBMA Summit: Exploring the Role

of Responsible Sourcing and the

Developing Sustainability Agenda

Ms Shelly Ford, Digital Content Manager and Alchemist Editor, LBMA

Join LBMA at this year’s Sustainability &
Responsible Sourcing Summit, taking place In the session ‘Collaboration and
at the Hilton London Tower Bridge from Convergence on Gold Supply Chain Climate
Wednesday, 20 to Friday, 22 March 2024. Plans and Actions’ speakers will discuss
the summary of status, and progress and
aspiration for a coherent sectoral Transition
This event, hosted by LBMA and World Gold
Council, is an opportunity for industry players Roadmap to facilitate industry-wide progress
and stakeholders across the precious metals on decarbonisation and resilience.
value chain to explore the role of responsible
sourcing beyond the lens of ethical sourcing, The Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing
with discussions also covering the rapidly Summit is essential for anyone involved in
developing sustainability agenda. the global precious metals supply chain
wishing to discuss understand more about
the role of responsible sourcing and the
The agenda will explore collaboration and
convergence of climate plans and actions in evolving sustainability landscape.
the gold supply chain. There will be discussion
around structural change in the ASM sector, in The Summit will open on Wednesday 20
particular exploring the improvement of ESG March with a Welcome Reception at 17:00.
standards and sourcing practices in this sector. The programme will run from 10:00 on 21
Participants will also have the opportunity to March, concluding at 15:00 on Friday 22
hear about efforts by industry members to March.
adapt to the evolving sustainability landscape.

The ‘Structural Change in the ASM Sector’ More thought-provoking topics, not to
session will explore the improvement of ESG
standards in the ASM sector, including through mention expert speakers, are still to be
announced.
government leadership and formalisation
efforts in select countries. The discussion will Registration is open now, so don’t miss out.
also cover efforts by LBMA to increase direct
sourcing of ASM material, including through the Find out more on the LBMA website, or if
you have any questions please feel free to
development of a sourcing framework/toolkit,
the use of accredited gold aggregators, and email events@lbma.org.uk.
cross-recognition between industry standards.

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