A Central Banker's Perspective: Central Bank of Ecuador's gold acquisition program

The Central Bank of Ecuador (CBE) has strengthened its gold acquisition program over the past three years. The program has made significant progress towards formalisation and access to finance – with good terms – for small-scale and artisanal miners. This important initiative aims to promote sustainable mining practices, foster economic development, enhance financial inclusion within mining communities, and expand the country's international reserves.

Guillermo Avellán .

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Back from Baku - news from our COP29 correspondent

I have just returned from almost a week in Baku, Azerbaijan, having attended (and sometimes contributed to) a number of forums and events at (or around) #COP29, the annual focal point of the United Nations’ climate change considerations and negotiations.

John Mulligan .

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From mine to market – building a more transparent and trusted gold supply chain

The commitment to uploading core provenance data onto the Gold Bar Integrity platform will support the integrity of the gold supply chain. This will not only help anybody who is looking to purchase this gold to have confidence that they can do so in line with their responsible sourcing commitments, but also underpin the creation of digitalised gold products, a new area of growth and innovation that we at the WGC are very excited about.

Terry Heymann.

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Coming Together to Advance Gold's Sustainability Impacts

The first such event, in 2022, was significant in not only signalling the closer, more co-operative relationship between our two organisations that has developed over recent years, but also the wider move to greater collaboration across the whole gold supply chain.

John Mulligan .

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