Utopia is Now
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Artisanal Mining: The Hidden Cost of the Green Transition | Rob Karpati
59 minutes Posted Dec 17, 2022 at 10:07 am.
Who is Rob? 
Who are Artisanal Miners and what is their Story? 
What materials/minerals are mined by Artisanal Miners and how does it impact the Global North 
What are the characteristics of artisanal miners? 14:55 - Where are Artisanal Miners mainly located? 
What is the day-to-day life of an artisanal miner? 
How can the artisanal mining industry be formalised?  
Does formalisation of work really provide workers with dignity? 
Is growth in key mineral extraction positively correlated with negative impacts on artisanal miners? 
Can we improve the standards of Artisanal Miners without having the need to have shareholders of mining firms profiteering? 
What can people do to help artisanal miners?
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Rob Karpati is a long-term finance leader in multi-national corporate environments. Focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career, Rob's strength has been integrating complex end-to-end processes in ways that optimize value across multiple stakeholders. Using Finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, Rob has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value.
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