Due to me in the the thousands of people in the democratic republic of congo, d r c, supplying materials from global resolution within mining k, as in high demand around the world, cobalt industrial countries urgently need the medical to make that change, the house of all the electric vehicles and the race to slow climate change. Cobalt has become key to the transition away from fossil fuels. Whos paying the price . The the coal lazy is the cobalt capital of the world. Way here in the house with the cost to build an industrial region location, the southern part of the sea and neighboring sand. Beyond a century of mining has shaped the landscape. This was my 1st trip to co lazy. It was strongly most was just how the whole city was built around the Mining Industry around and on top of these, these minerals. And just this very, very, very strong feeling that these people, the People Living they should be benefiting from this extraordinary wealth, which is generating prosperity for chinese companies, european companies, american companies. But theyre suffering, theyre not the ones benefiting from this. You know, this particular came home and in some parts of the city where homes as a being demolished, to make way, fix the expansion of industrial mines. It comes home in the parts of the city where people are digging down into the basement. So the houses are under ground to access the cables. Its extremely dysfunctional. Im gonna send to national is that a program on corporate accountability and the role that companies play in human rights abuses around the world for about 15 years now. And weve, we had done previous projects in the d. C, looking at the Mining Industry but, but primarily focused on the, the Big Industrial mines. Um, you know, during the reading about is doing some basic research about this. Revealed to me you know, obviously its not a secret for anyone in the d. C. But the, the autism Mining Sector was becoming increasingly large. Particularly when it came to cobalt. The chris, the diggers were risking their lives in the health to take the this, this mccloud, theyre also not receiving probably very few receiving a set price for that labor. Theyre being exploited financially. We found the children, the youngest 7 rate, but also involved in this, in this industry of the doing that because the forced by the 2nd the main point is that the report with it as much as 20 percent of those codes was coming from a 2 small mines in the d. C. We wanted to know where this google went, who was buying this, which companies which tech companies, you know, the mobile phone manufacturers, the laptop manufacturers were using this cable in the batteries. And what would they doing to, to understand the supply chain and understand these conditions the response we got. So this report drawing the links to, you know, from child labor, autism mining the cable industry linking these mines to these Famous Brands had a Massive Media pickup, much more than we were expecting when the m, as to reports of 2016, the Mining Industry was forced to make its supply chains were transparent then in 2019 d o e c t for to get the most Important Companies that are formed in coal lazy. The aim was to support them in tracing cobalt. How dementia, woods, Due Diligence. Due diligence is a process where by companies are suppose to map the supply chains or the business relationships and operations and identify in what ways those the business relationships or supply chains might be linked to human rights abuses. And if that means go all the way to the point of a extraction, then so be it. Many Manufacturers Commission to Service Provider all c global to discover the conditions under which the cobalt was being mined. The company monitors industrial mines and is trying to integrate the hot seasonal mines into 2 sections. Programs. One of the mines audited by aussie is global has made all the Due Diligence criteria, the pilot mine in custody will a district of coal lazy in 2014. A resident here discovered a vein of cobalt which was already attracted, as many as 15000 prospect is to ensure the district didnt collapse and to keep children, and by the provincial government expropriated the prophecy. It then transferred operation of the mind to hawaii cobalt, which we settled the residents as part of the deal. The Chinese Company is relying about teasing will mine incorporates to extract the initial why you didnt buy is whats produced and has commissioned aussie is mobile with. Its q diligence, its good for the companys Image Company hed come on to find from Amnesty International selling coal mine using child labor now for spaces in costume to no longer with the lights of the list. Theyre still at the mercy of the chinese who set the price for what they bought. Was a good the supplement by which does it cost is to claim a shaft like the sum that people up with the 5000. 00 gun forgot. Send me 350002400000 con please. Frank is a few more i will give you guys. Did you think itd be gold or wouldnt the scaffold and its to reinforce the want to start the funds. How about this . I mean, that costs around 200000 francs. Those are the funds i have to know before that we pay the tops and all the rent money they may be able to get. We need 3 scaffolds and all of that. But ive got meaning that id be 12. So thats 500000 francs to support the sean, im not sure. How much does the cooperative cover look good. I have to go to, oh god, i get. It came to the co operative doesnt camera boxes. So how much is left for you . Then when i get into this one, youre going to not gotten your book just enough to pay for a manual fund. Now i will put that thing to the mine and laundry. So said that we look clean one eye size. Can i get with shuffle . I see. I see cause say that this is good luck. Just dont have to meet, you know, its nice to see it guys. Yeah, ive got the roof. I see im on the doesnt offer any future. Theres not a problem on the next. You doesnt spend anything because we dont do the what are we supposed to live on . Were finding me on the sign on 0. We should Data Companies like us cs global has a numerous pallet in the new market at the q diligence service list together. I think given the continually changing, not seasonal mind, some conflict supply chains. How could one guarantee genuine pricing . There were different ways in which the downstream companies try to dodge their responsibility. One of those is to hire consultants, expensive consultants who basically conduct the Due Diligence themselves to the reporting. And thats kept, thats the most out of links from the company itself. The other thing that the companies do is joint industries gains. So they join up with all the other companies in the sector. And they, they create a body which does the Due Diligence for them all or promotes a set of standards, which they will sign up to. And then its just a paper exercise. They can all say yes. We agree with these standards. Weve signed up to the standards, but it doesnt necessarily the to the change we want to see on the ground. And thats why there is a role for organizations. I Amnesty International, but particularly a role for organizations like dont as in, in co, lazy, because you need the voices and the, the expertise of lawyers and activists. And scientists and Community Members themselves. And mine is in the d. C. On the standing. Whats going on and exposing whats going on, because weve got to see that change that its not good just having, you know, a fancy report on a website. As in the past, the emphasis continues to be on child labor. And with good reason, there was still thousands of children working in the small mines in the law. But if many in cios say that as a result, the other problems which cannot be solved with 2 dimensions, while i forced resettlement without appropriate compensation, environmental pollution and corruption are pushed into the background. And these are these a key. So let me know. And on a sick double to move in the become a cause, a very reserves when it comes to this topic. And thats just for the example. Now you the, the for example, theyve been farms organized by the o e c. D, on this very issue of responsible procurement of mineral looking to show up under to do and go through it know kind of discussion on corruption. Can you find a representative of the Auto Industry waiting to sit next to me and explain his industrys point of view as well . How could they then, well, hope, hopefully the office, the policy. Do you think the overall work . Yes, its good. The sol. So theres a topic is practically to do because everyone noticed that the problem effect to launch part of the cobalt supply chain. The provision logical, but it wondering of come the least Natural Resources is nothing new. More than 60 is built in colonial rules in which themselves from the comb, cuz resources after independence was declared in 1960, a new type of plundering began to dictate him a book to assist to safeco and his friends suff and of billions and profit from the station we know company is inconvenient. In 1997, the whole design competing has ceased palate and a war for account. Off the computer was assassinated in 2001. His son is joseph, became president. He restored peace and stimulated the Mining Sector in order to feel government costs, as jason mean was bankrupt and mean in 2002 good. It turns out that jake, i mean, was just as broke as the congolese government platform amicus and not just economically left bottom on the, the world bank forced reforms on the governmental it. They said that they said us going to, yes, you have the minerals of it, but not the resources to make the sector reliable. Re open your country up to multinational corporations move muskets. I prevent worked well for us because the congolese government already had his hands in the mining business and could earn dividends as well as the diesel. But i didnt mean you, you saw glen core in 1st quantum or among the Multi Nationals that came into the congo for scott to say to the ground. All the big ones came, but not to give the people the future. For monday, they all came to make deals, and as i said, i dont think they call it looks like dont you go back . Theres old g for the you a full ago the in order to understand the cobalt sector. You 1st have to look at how the companies that are active today in the congo success to obtain the mining licenses involved, especially the cobalt bison. So thats it is what youre going to step in then just play a key figure shows up or to or dump and is ready. Businessman named dan gal klaus it. He played sort of the mediator role between the Multi Nationals that were interested in licenses for carpet and cobalt and the congregation petitions who could make decisions about who called the license of this you know, just use it. But in many cases this happened. Let me guess youre not a multinational corporation, its going to be at the swiss blanco group or the cause i q ration research group. Wanted to get some license that once belonged to the state companies. Youre coming to that you gave me um maybe, but instead of selling the license directly to the corporation or Holding Around is bidding to find the best investor. Is that coming . Thats something thats known as a direct awarded the contracts loan. So please, and if i dont the license a very low price to done capitelli, they dont need to have good connections to the phone with president joseph kabibi. Ask of you just to push unexploded all that out. Is it you have home do use the closest youll actually betsy offer you came to power in 2001 just as could be in a different to den get got to was bringing new money into the congo at a time when the country urgently needed investment, he made a way for west and companies to enter the country in 2007 to form a Global Leader enroll materials. Glenn cole received the best prospecting licenses in the country through get the boats became Co Shareholders in tons of money. One of the roles of much coal mines, glen cold and loaned good me and soft he negotiate has another mind deal with the congo. Witness transaction became public. These very came up on the useful throne. Shes raised by suspected get over bribing. That could be leverage. Shame regarding several projects, sometimes even with the participation of a Us Investment fund, its estimation to the Companies Government lost more than a 1000000000 us dollars during the cost of these deals. Things became uncomfortable for catlin. And so as a result of those, he was placed under the sanctions and the other actors were also place or certain high officers of it to be leveraging and others as well. But certainly he is the largest target that was the largest target in terms of the value of the assets. He controls the u. S. Which also wanted to invest in the congo filed lawsuits against den catlett and glen colt. Britain in switzerland are also investigation. The company in 2022, the swiss Multi National and now as soon as it set aside 1500000000. 00 us dollars for legal disputes. How do industrial groups like you, me call in belgium, which forces cobalt from claim cool views that if there is a conviction, we would need to assess what is happening, we will do our own assessments as well as the judge finds that the, the, the party is guilty, and we will look into it and then make our our decision, of course. Yeah. Based on the the legal outcome. Please. Jesse, this is all specific. Im to come see if we did. Thats around that. Disappointing to me key expressive means. Imagine that youve got a company thats fine, go thats being mind using times. Nathan, a. Nobodys buffet by it. Because the company hasnt been convicted to doing it. Theyll find just yup, at portland, understand when it comes to child labor, youll never hear the arguments. No conviction, no problem intelligible, but its different with corruption from them as long as no one gets convicted, its fine, but the lid. Yeah. But pulling it is clear to us that corruption is not a victimless crime. And so often thats how its portrayed. It is money passing hands between middleman and corrupt elite officials. But of course, at the end of that chain are frequently ordinary citizens who suffer quite dramatically as a result of the corruption and the corruption around the metal. Coal mine was no exception. Mitchell cole only works with columbus long tiles of mine. Tidings that were deposited in coal ways to join the belgian colonial period. Today the size has some of the richest yields and the coffee bills in the early 2, thousands. The Canadian Company 1st call to receive prospecting rights. It was the deal of the century. The tiling still contained 3 100000 tons of cobalt with the value of 2015 us toilets. And suddenly that could be the regime, pulled the plug and the 1st quarter of it and withdrew the license. We now know from Court Documents and court records, what happened . And what occurred is that the mining license had been stripped through the assistance of a Company Owned by don gartner, who saw this as a very profitable mine. He held it for a short period of time and then slipped it to a large multinational mining company. Then called your ration Natural Resources corporation, today called Duration Resources group, or e r g. And the company owns the mine today. But we know, through court records, it was a mind that was corrupted away by don gartner, bribing congress, these officials, including congress, these judges in order to obtain the mining permit it. Oh, theres one last. That is all 3, you know, thats and several 100 was, were employed for the building, the new processing count in core ways, even worse. And all these people suddenly lost their drops to death. We found the home for the cause, the company you ration resources, great thing completed the facility which from then on was known as mitchell co battiata. Despite all the sessions to the contrary, the 701st quantum workers who were fired with not to compensate is no rehired. They said he said in 1st, i dont know if it was a timely delivery, mind tailings, you know, thats the sparkling stuff. You know, its worth i agree. Yeah. Well uh we desert that the reason for the desert that they dont the middle. But where does metal coal get the cobalt which give me the t lee metal coal works back there mostly for quite far away. Yes. Behind the smoke back there, thats where metal coal started, the recovery. Later it went as far as here. Ill come on see some of the old buddies issues because the new project, the pleasure they need, that goes with new projects such as metal coal, as on ethical. So we filed a lawsuit and fed and a cool gdc a to send up as a low cost. Its an appeal to you to the collective consciousness, depending on what possible monthly fuel was the engine to us and all those involved that so not to confront the final consumers on international n g os and the companies this was using the cobalt, but they should also consider the Living Conditions of local communities that are involved in its my name just felt that this it goes up and i hope that with our involvement funds we could make the parties aware of the real problems that copper and cobalt mine in not just the issue of child labor to 54. 00. Im not saying that child labor isnt a problem on that, but its not the biggest problem in the sector body. People dont program you think that what do you expect from the court . What i mean, i say that it results the case. What, thats what we get paid at the r as in justice, we didnt get any money. Uh huh. But what do you expect from the hearings that we adopt . Im up a bit. Ill get paid. The