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Introducing circular data

Introducing circular data

Data is created everywhere at every moment by every person and organisation on this planet. In 2021, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data were…
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Firuza Nahmadova
Linking peacebuilding outcomes and due diligence reporting by the private sector

Linking peacebuilding outcomes and due diligence reporting by the p...

Ensuring the sustainability of international development intervention through private sector incentives
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Ben Clair
ARM and BetterChain collaborate towards ASM data digitisation and a common reporting framework

ARM and BetterChain collaborate towards ASM data digitisation and a...

Building an information management system for artisanal and small-scale miners and program implementers…
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Team
Mineral supply chain due diligence in Ivory Coast

Mineral supply chain due diligence in Ivory Coast

BetterChain and Firering Strategic Minerals Plc will collaborate towards managing risk and measuring the impact of mining in Ivory Coast
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Team
Stories from the field: “DataStake enables investors to make informed decisions”.

Stories from the field: “DataStake enables investors to make inform...

In March, several members of the Better Chain team visited Bunia, in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to conduct…
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Matthew Wojcik
Sitting on a gold mine of information: modern slavery in artisanal mining

Sitting on a gold mine of information: modern slavery in artisanal ...

“Out of sight, out of mind”, as the saying goes. This has perhaps never been truer than in the case of modern slavery, with still millions…
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Matthew Wojcik
Mitigating “garbage in” risk

Mitigating “garbage in” risk

Traceability systems do not solve the information quality challenge at provenance.
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Ben Clair
The case for distributed risk assessment

The case for distributed risk assessment

Information held by always-present individuals and organisations is more valuable than your auditor’s findings.
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Ben Clair
A digitised, comprehensive, and due diligent marketplace for artisanal mine workers

A digitised, comprehensive, and due diligent marketplace for artisa...

To curb the spread of COVID-19, governments and the private sector across Africa are incentivising citizens to make the switch from cash…
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Matthew Wojcik
Update to the CADD Reporting Framework

Update to the CADD Reporting Framework

A brief introduction of the revised structure for due diligence reporting by upstream mineral supply chain stakeholders
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Ben Clair
Local reporting incentives

Local reporting incentives

How to stimulate structured information reporting by non participating stakeholders of the mineral supply chain?
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Team
Mitigating the risk of future unintended consequences

Mitigating the risk of future unintended consequences

Implementing transformative innovation requires early-stage feedback from all involved stakeholders, specifically those that are never…
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Team
Mineral supply chain due diligence at scale

Mineral supply chain due diligence at scale

Empowering stakeholders in resource-rich countries to demonstrate compliance with international responsible sourcing expectations
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Ben Clair
Consolidated Autonomous Due Diligence (CADD)

Consolidated Autonomous Due Diligence (CADD)

An open-source framework for artisanal mining communities to access international conflict-free markets
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Ben Clair
Will blockchain fix the mineral supply chain? Share your opinion

Will blockchain fix the mineral supply chain? Share your opinion

We invite you to participate in a consultation on the use of blockchain technology in the mineral supply chain due diligence context.
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Team
The SustainBlock project

The SustainBlock project

A BetterChain Framework implementation
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Ben Clair
The supply chain due diligence dilemma

The supply chain due diligence dilemma

A story of unintended consequences
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Ben Clair
The path to better chains (1/n)

The path to better chains (1/n)

There is no elevator pitch for what we are doing
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Ben Clair
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