From the mine site to the supply chain, under one programme.
The Alliance's approach combines four focus areas, on the ground in Kolwezi and across the cobalt supply chain. This page sets out how that work fits together.
The Alliance's pillars for a fairer cobalt sector.
Safe & Fair ASM
Professionalising artisanal mine sites: safety practices, equipment, site organisation and investment in mine improvements.
Child Labour Remediation
Keeping children out of mines and in school, through referral, remediation and a route to vocational training.
Economic Resilience
Tackling poverty, the root cause, with savings groups, agriculture and enterprise so income no longer depends on the pit.
Value Chain Participation
A pre-competitive platform where the whole supply chain, from cooperative to carmaker, solves shared problems together.
Cobalt Credits fund the work at the mine.
Cobalt Credits are a book-and-claim system through which downstream companies fund improvements at the mine site. Each credit funds responsible production at source, and a worker-led committee directs it into safety, child rights, governance and the environment.
How Responsible Cobalt Credits workMore initiatives, mapped and tracked.
The Fair Cobalt Alliance is one of dozens of programmes in the artisanal cobalt space. Browse the full register, or tell us what is missing.