A registry of the initiatives, programmes and pilots working to improve ASM cobalt, with their lead organisations, location and status. Filter by focus or status, search by name.
Supply-chain-wide alliance mobilising investment to professionalise ASM cobalt, remove child labour and diversify community incomes.
Learn morePilot demonstrating ASM cobalt can meet health, safety and environmental standards; trains cooperatives and runs community programmes.
Learn moreEPRM-funded framework digitising local information so ASM operators can manage risk, prove responsible sourcing and reach banking and global markets; runs on the Nashiriki, Hatua and KOTA apps.
Learn morePublic-private platform to formalise DRC ASM cobalt and eradicate child labour; co-developed the ASM Cobalt Framework.
Learn moreAligns downstream and upstream company policies with OECD guidance; co-published the Cobalt Refiner standard.
Learn moreWorld-first LSM-ASM formalisation pilot (~2,000+ accredited miners); suspended in 2020 and not relaunched as the site went industrial.
Learn moreOn-site safety rules, protective equipment and child-labour removal at a partner cooperative mine.
Learn moreState monopoly mandated to buy and market all artisanal cobalt; first traceable output in Nov 2025, but volumes remain very low.
Learn morePublic-private MoU to formalise responsible artisanal mining on an ERG exploitation area.
Learn moreAims to make the Kasulo ASM site a benchmark for responsible cobalt: safety, human rights, environment and full traceability.
Learn moreTechnology-enabled continuous monitoring of human rights and health & safety on individual ASM cobalt sites.
Learn moreOpen mine-site mapping and the Kufatilia incident-monitoring system, extended into the cobalt province of Lualaba in 2023, plus cobalt due-diligence and EU-regulation analysis.
Learn moreIndustry consortium piloting end-to-end blockchain cobalt traceability; primarily industrial, with uncertain post-pilot status.
Visit siteNetworked remediation hub providing education, stipends and psychosocial support, delivered through seven local CSOs.
Learn moreBuilt the capacity of 44 cobalt cooperatives and companies to prevent and remediate child labour; foundation for the CLMRS.
Visit siteSuccessor to COTECCO; strengthens remediation services for children identified through the CLMRS.
Visit siteEducation and vocational clubs plus family financial support to keep children out of mines.
Visit siteSolar panels and solar libraries in ten schools, reaching around 6,000 pupils, to extend safe study time.
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