{"id":21671,"date":"2022-05-23T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=21671"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:58:05","slug":"ilia-responsible-mineral-supply-chains-lithium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/ilia-responsible-mineral-supply-chains-lithium\/21671\/","title":{"rendered":"ILiA: Mapping responsible mineral supply chains in the lithium industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The lithium industry faces a decade of double-digit growth, bringing many new market entrants and increased visibility to a wide variety of stakeholders, including regulators. Although the lithium industry contains many progressive publicly listed companies (several have already signed up to the rigorous IRMA standard), no industry can rest on its laurels. ILiA is committed to helping the industry demonstrate its commitment to supplying high-quality, sustainable, and responsibly sourced lithium now and in the future.<\/p>\n
The International Lithium Association (ILiA), a global not-for-profit industry organisation, is working closely with the leading responsible minerals advisory firm, TDi Sustainability, to develop the conversation around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and responsible minerals standards in and around the lithium industry.<\/p>\n
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ILiA chaired the first official partner session focused on responsibly sourced lithium at the OECD\u2019s annual Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, the largest gathering of responsible mineral professionals from across all commodities. ILiA\u2019s event was a public, open discussion on this increasingly important subject and had almost 200 attendees.<\/p>\n
Delegates came from a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, finance, market analysts, and civil society.<\/p>\n
The panellists included three leading lithium producers and a major electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer. Together, they gave examples from industry-leading lithium producers at critical stages of the lithium value chain to help create a picture and understanding of where and how materials are produced and how the supply chain connects.<\/p>\n
The panellists included Stefan Debruyne, Director of External Affairs at SQM<\/a>, who discussed responsible lithium extraction; Ellen Lenny-Passagno, Global VP of Government and Community Affairs for Albemarle<\/a>, who examined processing practices; and Ken Brinsden, MD and CEO of Pilbara Minerals<\/a>, who explored sustainable innovations and investments in hard rock (spodumene) mining. To help define downstream procurement requirements, Franziska Killiches, from the Procurement Strategy team at Volkswagen, outlined an EV manufacturer\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n Moderating the discussion was Dr Assheton Carter, CEO of TDi Sustainability, who is also working with ILiA\u2019s membership on a series of workshops that explore the issues of ESG and standards in the lithium industry in more detail.<\/p>\n