1. Karen Hayes, Senior Director Mines to Markets, Pact
Batteries for electricity storage and eco-design: Getting real about what this means for cobalt from the DRC
Raw Materials Conference 2017: No energy transition without raw materials!
The Hague, June 23, 2017
Karen Hayes, Senior Director Mines to Markets, Pact

2. The DRC as a global supplier of cobalt
Over 40% of cobalt supply is used for batteries
Demand is growing at over 5% pa
60% global cobalt comes from DRC
Up to 20% of DRC cobalt is from artisanal and small-scale mining
Over 60,000 miners in the DRC copper-cobalt sector (fluctuating seasonally and according to prices)
Price increases are driving an uptick in artisanal production
DRC will continue to be an important source into the future

9. Better practices are not only possible, but are already being tried

15. Overview of Actors & Initiatives: Pact’s activities

16. Responsible Battery Alliance: WEF
DRC Government Inter-Ministerial Commission on Child Labor in Mining
Responsible Cobalt Initiative:
CCMC & OECD
European Partnership for Responsible Minerals
Responsible Raw Materials Initiative: EICC

17. Connecting people – it’s not so far from the DRC to Myanmar ….

18. Pact & Renewable Energy in Myanmar
Footprint: Directly impacting over 5 million Burmese citizens from over 11,000 villages in 83 townships across 7 States and Regions
Working with a variety of local finance and savings systems including Village Development Funds - 20% of VDF grants are used for electrification
Concept of ‘Power as a Service’
Productive Capacity
Home Energy
Rural Clinics
Mini-grid
Anchor
Health
Governance
Community Financing
Demand Side
Supply Side

19. Pact connects people through clean supply chains
If renewable energy is to contribute to prosperity for all, we must have clean batteries
Pact connects people through clean supply chains