RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) Gold Standard

The Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) was established to cultivate transparent mineral supply chains and sustainable corporate engagement in the mineral sector with a view to prevent the extraction and trade of minerals contributing to or being associated with significant adverse impacts, including serious human rights abuses, money laundering and conflict. The RMAP Gold Standard was developed in consultation and collaboration with interested stakeholders. It provides a specific, practical framework to consistently audit the supply chain practices and underlying due diligence management systems of gold refiners, the point at which the gold is purified to a commercial market quality. It follows guidance provided by the final report of the UN Group of Experts to the Security Council on 15th November 2010, and by the OECD Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. It provides a working framework for companies to approach conformance with the due diligence requirements outlined in existing regulations or upcoming legislative initiatives.