On July 12 the Global Good Awards allocated its winning Silver prize (there was no Gold category in 2023) to RMI and its members for their efforts to achieve fair mica worker incomes and wages in India.
The silver trophy for RMI in Sustainable Supply Chain Category
Having the highest silver trophy in this category proves RMI and near 100 of its members’ efforts towards sustainable mica supply chain are acknowledged global wide. We feel proud to be rewarded for our actions, not aims, and are hopeful that this recognition will serve our end beneficiaries even better.
Indeed, RMI has been awarded for its research, released April 2023, and ongoing work to lift mica communities out of poverty and end child labor, through payment of living incomes and wages.
While we are very honored to receive this credit of trust, we are aware that more could and should be done by the joint efforts of the government, private companies and civil sector towards the sustainable mica supply chain, fair wages and working conditions and eradication of child labor at mica mining sites.
These are the areas where RMI and its members are working in India and Madagascar, the world’s largest exporters of mica.
RMI and its members: private companies and NGOs take great care to ‘walk the talk’ across all areas of sustainability in mica supply chain.
We will keep focusing our efforts on 3 integrated program pillars:
About Global Good Awards
Founded in 2015, the Global Good Awards is a sustainability awards programme that celebrates purpose-led individuals, businesses, NGOs, social enterprises and charities of all sizes from around the world that put people and planet first whilst driving social and environmental change. To know more, visit https://globalgoodawards.co.uk/ …
… and watch the award ceremony here !
