3^rd EU Civil Society-Industry Dialogue on “Raw material scarcity in Europe: stakeholder collaboration to achieve a transparent and accountable supply chain”

Brussels, 11 February 2015

The third COBALT EU civil society-industry Dialogue "Raw material scarcity in Europe: stakeholder collaboration to achieve a transparent and accountable supply chain" will take place on February 11th 2014 in Brussels at Hotel Bloom. This event will comprise three interactive sessions which will allow stakeholders across the supply chain (civil society, industry, research, policy-makers) to exchange on different challenges related to raw material scarcity and to reflect on future pathways for collaboration in order to achieve a transparent supply chain. The Dialogue will be framed by keynote speeches from policy, industry and civil society followed by best practice business models dealing with scarce raw materials.

Documentation

COBALT 7th policy brief (PDF, 421 kB)

Programme

3rd EU Dialogue preliminary agenda (PDF, 329 kB)

Presentations

Introduction:

• Raw materials scarcity in Europe (Jan Rozenkranz, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
• On Scarcity and Growth: Is there a substitute for everything? (Prof. Robert Ayres, INSEAD, France)

Session 1:

• EC Raw Materials Strategy (Malwina Nowakowska, European Commission)
• The RMC Covenant 2022 (Peter Koegler, European Partners of the Environment)
• The role of producers in driving an accountable supply chain of raw materials (Corina Hebestreit, Euromines)
• Reducing the risk of mining conflicts through stakeholder collaboration (Lennart Gustavsson, Georange, Sweden)

Session 2:

• Fairphone: Raising The Bar - Transparency and Accountability (Bibi Bleekemolen & Laura Gerritsen, Fairphone, Netherlands)
• Conflict minerals initiatives in Africa (Frédéric Triest, Eurac Network)
• Value Chain approach to WEEE recycling and recovery of CRM (Annick Carpentier, Eurometaux)

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