The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) is pleased to announce the signing of the contract with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for implementation of a regional project “Fair gold supply chain and reduction of mercury use in Artisanal and Small scale Mining in West Africa” in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. This 3

Editor’s note:  This document, published below,  was prepared by the Alliance for Responsible in collaboration with the Fair Labeling Organization to answer general questions about their split. What is happening? As a result of a partnership review process and taking into account feedback received from both market and mining partners, Fairtrade International and the Alliance

By Marc Choyt, FJA USA I earned my MBA in Cité Soleil — just outside of Port au Prince, Haiti. It was offered as a numinous blessing from a hunched up old woman wearing rags. That was 1985, a year and a half I spent living and volunteering with Richard, an American dentist. We set