Foundations for Peace promotes financial inclusion in artisanal gold mining communities and builds capacity of stakeholders to support the legal...
Ugandan Women Reclaim Their Mine Site
The Mubende Women Gold Miners Association are used to facing many challenges as the only women led, all women group...
Highlights from 2020 in our New Annual Report!
IMPACT is pleased to present our newly released 2020 Annual Report, Shifting Paradigms. 2020 was a pivotal year. Not only...
Moving Towards Responsible Artisanal Cobalt Supply Chains
The Global Battery Alliance Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP) has released the Report from Stakeholder Consultations on the Artisanal and Small-Scale...
The Kenyan Connection: Shedding Light on a Global Hub in the Trade of Illicit Gold and Mercury
In 2020, just before COVID-19 shut down many of the world’s borders, an IMPACT researcher had a front row seat...
No Viable Future for Conflict-Free, Traceable, Responsible Gold from Democratic Republic of Congo Without Major Shifts in Market Expectations: New Report
Ottawa, Canada—March 31, 2021 Until the gold industry, donors, and consumers prioritize and support a development and rights-based approach that...
New Project Supports Women’s Empowerment in Artisanal Mining
The Digging for Equality project starts activities in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe ahead of International Women’s Day...
Highlights from 2019 in our New Annual Report!
IMPACT is pleased to present our newly released 2019 Annual Report, Strengthening Resilience. In 2019, we were forced to be...
Supporting Artisanal Gold Miners to Become Environmentally Responsible
Is it possible to advance gender equality, development, and peace while supporting communities to protect the environment? We don’t just...
Illicit Gold Trade Thrives with Impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo
New report exposes how known traders and exporters are circumventing legal channels and pocketing massive profits from smuggled artisanal DRC...
First Responsible, Traceable, and Commercially-Viable Artisanal Gold Supply Chain Operational in Côte d’Ivoire
The Just Gold project is the first to successfully trace responsible artisanal gold from mine site to export according to...
Epidemics, Conflict, and Gold: What We Can Learn From DRC’s Ebola Outbreak As We Respond to COVID-19
By Kady Seguin, IMPACT’s Policy and Research Director, and Alan Martin, Sechaba Consulting The COVID-19 pandemic is spotlighting the vulnerability...