Webinar: From Standards to Action: Preventing and Addressing Child Labour in the Copper and Cobalt Supply Chains

Child labour risk in mineral supply chains is no longer just a reputational issue; it’s a core due diligence, legal and business sustainability challenge.

With new and evolving HRDD obligations in the EU and beyond, companies are under increasing pressure to show not only that they can identify risks, but that they can prevent harm and deliver effective remediation in high-risk sourcing contexts.

The Centre for Child Rights and Business and IXM are co-organising a webinar, “From Standards to Action: Preventing and Addressing Child Labour in the Copper and Cobalt Supply Chains,” on March 24, 2026 from 16:00-17:00 Central European Time (CET).

This session is designed for business decision-makers responsible for mineral sourcing, responsible mineral supply chains, ESG, sustainability and supply chain risk. It will focus on what effective, credible action looks like in practice, using real examples from the Child Rights Action Hubs, and measures that international buyers, companies in the copper and cobalt supply chains and their downstream suppliers can take to reduce risk through corporate practices. 

What we’ll cover:

1. Child rights, child labour and business responsibilities

• Why child labour remains a material supply chain risk

• What this means in practice for corporate due diligence

2. Strengthening prevention in cobalt and copper supply chains

• Key measures supply chain actors can take to reduce risk through their own activities

• The role of supplier capacity building and collective action

• How the Child Rights Action Hubs support local supply chain partners

3. When child labour is found: what to do in practice

• What effective remediation looks like (beyond audits and disengagement)

• Roles and responsibilities of brands and suppliers

• How collaborative approaches turn incidents into system-level improvements

4.  Call to action: building supplier capacity in the DRC

• Introducing the 2026-2027 capacity-building programme (in-country workshops for mining companies, processing sites, and ASM cooperatives)

• How companies can nominate suppliers-free of charge-and why this strengthens your HRDD and risk management approach

Why this matters for your business:

• Strengthen due diligence with credible, on-the-ground prevention and remediation

• Reduce legal, operational and reputational risk in high-risk sourcing regions

• Support responsible mineral sourcing and a just transition

• Align Green Mining ambitions with social responsibility

• Move from short-term fixes to sustainable, system-level solutions

Please register here.