Course Description
Demand for critical minerals — for batteries, solar and wind — has created a structural driver for illegal extraction, now estimated to generate at least USD 48 billion a year. Downstream buyers, regulators and investors increasingly demand provable chain of custody, and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance has become the reference framework for the whole sector.
This course develops practical responsible sourcing capability. Participants learn the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and its five-step framework, conflict minerals regulation, chain of custody and traceability, artisanal and small-scale mining engagement, supply chain risk assessment and audit, and how producers and buyers evidence responsible sourcing to customers, regulators and investors.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain responsible sourcing and why it matters commercially
- Apply the OECD Due Diligence Guidance five-step framework
- Understand conflict minerals and critical minerals regulation
- Establish chain of custody and traceability
- Engage with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
- Conduct supply chain risk assessment
- Understand audit, assurance and certification schemes
- Report and evidence responsible sourcing
How the course is delivered
The course combines the OECD framework with practical chain of custody and risk assessment exercises across realistic mineral supply chains. Participants work through traceability, ASM engagement and audit scenarios.
The programme addresses both the producer's and the downstream buyer's perspective, reflecting where commercial pressure in critical minerals now originates.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Mining and metals professionals
- Procurement and supply chain staff in manufacturing
- Compliance and sustainability professionals
- Traders and refiners of minerals and metals
- Anyone with critical minerals supply chain exposure
Daily programme
- Responsible sourcing and the commercial driver
- Illegal mining and critical minerals demand
- The OECD Due Diligence Guidance
- Conflict minerals and critical minerals regulation
- The five-step framework
- Chain of custody and traceability
- Supply chain mapping and risk assessment
- Artisanal and small-scale mining engagement
- Audit and assurance
- Certification schemes
- Reporting and evidencing
- Case study workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
