EITI at LME Week 2025

Governance risks in the minerals sector threaten the interests of actors across the value chain. Corruption, bribery and illicit trade make supply vulnerable to disruption while leaving companies and investors open to legal and reputational risk. Weak governance also increases the risk of harm to communities and the environment and reduces the likelihood that local populations will benefit from resource revenues. Despite this, supply chain due diligence processes for corruption and governance risks are often less well-developed than for other sustainability issues.

This roundtable will discuss ways to advance due diligence on good governance and anti-corruption in mineral supply chains. Drawing on insights from a joint project between the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Levin Sources, the roundtable will unveil practical guidance for how EITI data can be used to enhance due diligence efforts in line with responsible sourcing guidelines from the LME and OECD. The event will bring together companies and investors operating across the mineral value chain, including members of the EITI’s Commodity Trading Working Group, for a collaborative discussion around challenges and opportunities for improving due diligence on good governance and anti-corruption and the potential for integrating EITI data into existing processes.

Objectives:

• Develop a shared understanding of existing best practices and challenges to effective due diligence on good governance and anti-corruption in mineral supply chains.
• Explore ways that EITI data can be leveraged to strengthen companies’ due diligence efforts in line with recommendations from the OECD and LME.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration between stakeholders across the mineral value chain to promote good governance in the sourcing of metals.

Doors open at 15:30.