Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Jennifer Peyser

Senior Vice President/Executive Director Responsible Business Alliance/Responsible Minerals Initiative

Jennifer Peyser is Senior Vice President of Responsible Sourcing at the Responsible Business Alliance and Executive Director of the Responsible Minerals Initiative. The RMI supports its 500 members in the downstream, midstream, and upstream with a suite of due diligence tools, guidance, training, and other resources for global responsible sourcing and regulatory compliance. The RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process facilitates independent, third-party assessments, provides due diligence technical assistance to smelters and refiners, and generates the widely-consulted RMI Conformant Lists of minerals processors.

Throughout her career, Jen has designed and led proactive, global, multi-stakeholder partnerships and strategies at the intersection of human rights, sustainability, and natural resources, and across supply chains from source to product. Jen also serves on the Board of the Global Battery Alliance.

In her prior work at the NGO RESOLVE, Jen worked with tripartite partners to design and launch the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade. With the Alliance for Responsible Mining, Jen launched the CRAFT Code on artisanal minerals production and led multistakeholder consultations.

Jen has a master’s degree in environmental policy and planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and undergraduate degrees in science and arts from Iowa State University.


2024 Agenda Sessions

Bridging Downstream & Upstream: The Responsible Minerals Initiative’s Support for value chain colla

Monday 05 February 11:50 - 12:10 Innovators Stage

Tech and Innovation Hub

Add to calendar 02/05/2024 11:50 02/05/2024 12:10 Bridging Downstream & Upstream: The Responsible Minerals Initiative’s Support for value chain colla Innovators Stage Africa/Johannesburg