RE-SOURCING
Advancing Responsible Sourcing In Global Mineral Value Chains
RE-SOURCING is an EU-funded multi-stakeholder platform that aims to advance responsible sourcing of raw materials along and across global mineral value chains. The project is developing visions and roadmaps for responsible sourcing of minerals in three sectors: Renewable Energy, Mobility and Electric & Electronic Equipment.
Implemented by a large international consortium of 12 partners from 9 countries, coordinated by WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, RE-SOURCING strives to promote both strategic agenda setting and coherent application of practices for responsible sourcing.
DURATION: 2019 – 2023
SCOPE: Europe, Latin America, South-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific
FOCUS AREA: Resource Extraction
FUNDED BY: European Union Horizon 2020 Programme
Moving towards a Unified Vision of Responsible Sourcing
Read the Re-SOURCING Final Report
This report offers a comprehensive overview of the RE-SOURCING Project. Based on the consultations and research from the three key sectors, it puts forward a definition for responsible sourcing.
Framed under a rights-based approach, Responsible Sourcing is defined as “a process where the duty-bearers ensure policies, processes and compliance mechanisms that exist to deliver the environmental, social, and economic rights, as prioritised by stakeholders who are impacted by the activities within a mineral supply chain“.
Roadmaps 2050 for Responsible Sourcing
Renewable Energy, Mobility and Electronics Sectors
The project focused on three key sectors in the European Union: Renewable Energy, Mobility and Electronics. Consulting on sustainability challenges and opportunities across their supply chains, the project developed individual roadmaps for each sector. The roadmaps outline targets and milestones to 2050, to achieve the responsible sourcing vision, outlining specific objectives for policy makers, industrial actors and for civil society.
