Artisanal Mining: The Hidden Cost of the Green Transition | Rob Karpati

Rob Karpati is a long-term finance leader in multi-national corporate environments. Focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career, Rob's strength has been integrating complex end-to-end processes in ways that optimize value across multiple stakeholders. Using Finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, Rob has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value.

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0:00 - Who is Rob? 

3:01 - Who are Artisanal Miners and what is their Story? 

6:51 - What materials/minerals are mined by Artisanal Miners and how does it impact the Global North 

11:07 - What are the characteristics of artisanal miners? 14:55 - Where are Artisanal Miners mainly located? 

16:41 - What is the day-to-day life of an artisanal miner? 

32:23 - How can the artisanal mining industry be formalised?  

36:10 - Does formalisation of work really provide workers with dignity? 

44:34 - Is growth in key mineral extraction positively correlated with negative impacts on artisanal miners? 

47:56- Can we improve the standards of Artisanal Miners without having the need to have shareholders of mining firms profiteering? 

53:59 - What can people do to help artisanal miners?

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