The Copper Mark

Meet the Team | Giga Europe 2025 ✈️ Mike Smith, who joined the Copper Mark team this week as Director of Value Chain, represented the Copper Mark at Giga Europe in Brussels on 18th - 19th March. 🤝 Thank you to the Giga Europe team and Benchmark Copper for involving the Copper Mark in this important discussion on copper's future in the energy transition, and the role the Copper Mark can play in ensuring responsible growth. #thecoppermark #GigaEurope #responsiblesourcing #valuechain #energytransition 

Indonesia | The Copper Mark's Presence 🇮🇩 2 sites have completed the Copper Mark Assurance Process and been awarded The Copper Mark in Indonesia. The combined production of those sites represents 98% of copper mine output in the country - well exceeding the 38% global average! ⛏️ Indonesia has the joint-5th largest copper mine production in the world, alongside the USA (USGS, 2024). 👀 See a break down of the Copper Mark in Indonesia below… #thecoppermark #indonesia

Case Study | Naoshima Smelter & Refinery    Thank you to Naoshima Smelter & Refinery for sharing how the Copper Mark adds value to their operations for our latest case study. As a site that also processes a significant volume of E-waste, it is interesting to hear perspectives on circularity and traceability from within the value chain. They also speak to what the assessment process looks like in practice - especially when considering equivalencies of the Risk Readiness Assessment with other standards.   Previous studies can be found by following the link in the comments of this post.   #thecoppermark #naoshima #casestudy #valuechain

Welcome Mike Smith | Director of Value Chain The Copper Mark welcomes Mike Smith as Director of Value Chain. Mike has extensive experience working with companies, stakeholders and associations across the international metals value chain, as well as on a range of standards, regulations, and policy issues. His professional background includes over 7 years as Vice President at the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC), the association for the copper semis fabricating industry, developing and expanding the organisation's global membership, structure and work programmes. Mike is also a co-founder of the Back British Metals Initiative, bringing together manufacturers and trade bodies to promote and develop the metals value chain.    Prior to joining the IWCC, Mike led government affairs and political engagement for a number of leading international and domestic NGOs, and has served as a political aide in the UK Parliament. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Birkbeck, University of London. Mike is based in London, UK.

Meet the Team | Giga Europe 2025 Next week, Executive Director Michèle Brülhart will be in Brussels for Giga Europe 2025 where she is speaking on the 'Spotlight: Copper' panel.

New Participant | Kamioka Smelter 🤝 Welcome to the Copper Mark's most recent Participant, the Kamioka Smelter site in Japan. ✍️ This is the first site owned by Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. to sign a letter of commitment to obtain The Zinc Mark. 🇯🇵 Kamioka Smelter is the seventh participating site from Japan in our assurance programme #thecoppermark #thezincmark #smelter #responsibleproduction #responsiblesourcing

Peru | The Copper Mark's Presence 🇵🇪 Peru has 6 sites that have been awarded The Copper Mark – 3 of those also produce Molybdenum, receiving The Molybdenum Mark too. ⛏️ Peru has the second largest mine production of molybdenum and third largest of copper in the world (USGS, 2025). 60% of their molybdenum production and over a third of their copper mine production, comes from sites that have completed The Copper Mark Assurance Process. 👀 See a break down of the Copper Mark in Peru below.

Meet the Team | Giga Europe 25 🇧🇪 Executive Director, Michèle Brülhart will be at Giga Europe 2025 in Brussels on 18th and 19th March. The event is hosted by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. 📣 Michèle will be speaking at the 'Spotlight: Copper' session alongside the International Copper Association and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence discussing copper's integral role in the energy transition and how we can ensure increasing demand is met responsibly. 👩💻 If you'd like to see what else is going on or register for the event you can do so by following the link in the comments of this post. If you'd like to connect with Michèle during the event, contact info@coppermark.org #thecoppermark #GigaEurope #energytransition #responsiblesourcing #valuechain

Join the team | Project Coordinator 🔝 Are you interested in role to support our work on standards, research and communications? 🏁 We have an opening for a Programme Coordinator. If the job description inspires you to help us promote responsible practices across the copper, molybdenum, nickel and zinc value chains, please send a cover letter and your resume to info@coppermark.org

New Partner | TELUS 📡 We are very excited to welcome TELUS as the latest Partner of the Copper Mark! TELUS is a Canadian communications technology company whose impressive ESG commitments align with the Copper Mark's vision. ️ ⚡ Their copper retirement program is significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions by recycling and repurposing retired copper as they transition to fibre. This highlights the importance of responsible end-of-life treatment of materials, alongside responsible sourcing, in ensuring a circular economy. #thecoppermark #telus #valuechain #telecommunication #circulareconomy