UK Trial Challenges Gold Industry’s ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification - Human Rights Watch
UK Trial Challenges Gold Industry’s ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification - Human Rights Watch
Source: Human Rights Watch
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DW NOTE
The LBMA's "responsible gold" label has never been designed to prevent human rights abuses — it was designed to prevent reputational risk for bullion banks. If this trial forces disclosure of the actual due diligence behind the certification, it will show what every refiner already knows: the chain-of-custody standards rely on paperwork from governments that profit from the mines in question.