CURRENT PROJECTS
Upgrading La Coqueta’s Mining Practices for Fairmined Certification
Project duration:
2023 – 2024
Country:
Colombia
Donor:
Brilliant Earth Foundation, a corporate advised fund with Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Objective:
Provide support to the La Coqueta mining organization, located in Caldas, Colombia, with the aim of improving its ESG (environmental, social, and governance) practices to achieve Fairmined standard certification.
Target audience:
La Coqueta mining organization, consisting of 12 men and 3 women.
Main expected outcomes:
- Implementation of a sustainability plan to enhance La Coqueta’s mining practices in organizational, environmental, social, occupational health and safety, and commercialization aspects.
- Certification of the La Coqueta mining organization under the Fairmined standard.