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RCS Global provides due diligence and professional and innovative research, assessment, advisory, implementation and training services in conflict minerals supply chains and the global extractive industries, forestry and land investment sectors.

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About RCS Global

RCS Global (Resource Consulting Services) has earned a reputation for excellence in specialist advisory since March 2008. Headquartered in London, with global representations, we pride ourselves in working with the industries’ most prestigious clients. To supplement our excellent core team, we work with a database of 200 of the most distinguished experts. We deliver excellence with integrity, helping to secure our clients’ long-term value while meeting their short-term requirements. We do not partake in advocacy and we are committed to carrying out all of our work along the principles of good practice.

Services

  • Due Diligence and Responsible
    Supply Chains

    • Corporate due diligence policy development
    • Development of conflict minerals compliance programs for companies
    • Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Due Diligence investigations for the SEC conflict minerals rule pursuant to Dodd Frank 1502
    • Sustainable procurement assessments and advisory
    • Corporate social responsibility audit and advisory
  • Artisanal and Small-Scale
    Mining (ASM)

    • Corporate ASM policy and guideline design
    • ASM baseline studies, census and risk assessments
    • ASM formalisation advisory and implementation
    • ASM containment advisory and implementation
    • Strategic ASM engagement advisory
    • ASM programme implementation monitoring and evaluation
  • Natural Resource Governance
    and Transparency

    • EITI Validation and scoping studies
    • Advisory on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers pursuant to Dodd Frank Section 1504 and SEC ruling 13q
    • Company corruption risk assessments, and anti-corruption strategies
    • Government and corporate advisory and public policy
  • Social Performance

    • Corporate social performance policy and guideline design
    • Socio-economic risk assessments and community profiling
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Impact assessment and issue prioritisation
    • Strategy development for enhanced socio-economic benefit delivery
    • Social management plan development
  • Research and Investment
    Advisory

    • Research and strategy development to facilitate access to natural resources in complex environments
    • In-depth political and socio-economic risk assessments
    • Institutional and stakeholder analyses
    • Market research and opportunity scouting in frontier and emerging markets
    • Chinese (and BRICS) investment analysis in Africa

Highlights

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RCS Global is an EICC and GeSI approved consultancy for the Conflict Free Smelter Programme (CFS) and works to ensure compliance with the US Dodd Frank Act 1502 on conflict minerals with companies both upstream and downstream in the minerals and metals value chains

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RCS Global is a registered vendor with the World Bank and the Department for International Development (DFID). RCS Global has qualified as a services provider under the DFID Frameworks for a) Fragile And Conflict Affected States, b) Governance and Security, and c) Wealth Creation.

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RCS Global is an accredited validator of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Conflict Minerals Consortium

RCS Global is a member of the Conflict Minerals Consortium, the leading group of experts helping companies across industries and supply chains meet traceability and due diligence compliance requirements outlined in Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

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