The Copper Mark’s core offering is a strong, transparent and effective assurance process.

ASSURANCE SERVICES

Key elements in the assurance process include:

• Transparency in process and results: The process for implementing the Copper Mark’s assurance framework is clear with the required steps and their associated timelines publicly available on our website here. The results of a site’s assessment, including the performance level for each criterion and a high-level summary of findings, are published here.
• Site-level, independent third-party assurance: The Copper Mark assurance process is implemented at site-level by independent third-party assessors.
• Grievance Mechanism: The Copper Mark Grievance Mechanism aims to address concerns arising from producers, stakeholders and the public regarding the initiative, the assurance system, assessor competencies or claims made by participants with regards to their conformance status with the Copper Mark.
• Accountability: Our governance and financials information, including our fee schedule and annual audited financial accounts, are publicly available on our website here. The Copper Mark publishes external reviews, and our improvement plan to address gaps identified in them, on our website here.

We provide assurance services against the following standards:

• Risk Readiness Assessment Criteria Guide
• Joint Due Diligence Standard for Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Nickel and Zinc
• The Copper Mark Chain of Custody Standard
• Towards Sustainable Mining Protocols

Users of our services are able to obtain the following claims:

• Copper Mark, Molybdenum Mark, Nickel Mark and Zinc Mark
• OECD-aligned mineral supply chain due diligence system
• Performance scores against Towards Sustainable Mining Protocols