Meeting at the annual gathering for the Kellogg Innovation Network (now The World Innovation Network - TWIN), Mark Cutifani and Peter Bryant germinate the seed for a catalyst to imagine a new operating model for the mining sector.

Multiple stakeholders gather in Brazil for the KIN Mining Catalyst, facilitated to envision the mining company of the future. The session concludes with participants wanting the mining industry to unequivocally accept the need for a new operating model to ensure long-term success. Curious? Click to read the summary of the original Catalyst

Based on the Brazil session, the Development Partner Working Group convenes several times around the world to discuss ideas on how to move mining towards a more effective model of sustainable development. The first iteration of The Development Partner (DPF) Framework is built.

Work on the Framework continues into 2013. To test and validate The Framework, sustainability leaders at major organizations are consulted.

The original KIN Catalyst in Brazil is awarded a gold medal in the category of “Collaborative Innovation” by the prestigious Edison Awards, designed to recognize, honor and foster innovation and innovators creating a positive impact in the world.

A Day of Reflection is hosted for more than 20 CEOs and Chairpersons by Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace

A similar session is hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the head of the Methodist Church

The Ford Foundation holds an event in New York to formally launch the Development Partner Framework. Over 100 leaders from business, government, investor, academia, civil society, indigenous and community organizations, and media attend

A second Day of Reflection is hosted at the Vatican

The Development Partner Institute (DPI) is established

The inaugural Limpopo Catalyst South Africa takes place

DPI Executive Director Wendy Tyrrell is appointed

DPI Catalysts are launched in Peru and Brazil, and the Beyond the Fence: Diversity and Inclusion in Mining Communities Spark Forum is held in Chicago, USA

Catalyst Launches take place in Ecuador, Zambia and Australia. DPI hosts the Accelerating Towards a Cleaner Energy Future Spark Forum, in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute, as well as the Responsible Sourcing: Mine to Consumer Spark Forum, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation

A Global Mining Research Spark Forum is held at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, and the DPF Framework is refreshed for 2020

The refreshed Development Partner Framework is launched

Zambia dialogues on Collaborative Community Investment

The Responsible Sourcing Coalition (RESCO)
debuts

The Mining Innovation and Research Battlefield Pilot Program launches

RESCO Regional Dialogues, drawing on learnings from Africa

RESCO Global Vision 2040 developed, alongside the operationalising of RESCO Program and Project plans for 2023 and 2024. These included the RESCO Hub and Marketplace, addressing structural Inequality across the mining value chain, RESCO Community Collective and RESCO internal and external communication plan

Global Responsible Sourcing Vision and Activities created

Zambia Mining and Agriculture Pilot Project Developed with Multistakeholder group

Member of the Board of Directors and Non-executive Director, Mark Cutifani is appointed

Launch of the Mining Innovation and Research Battlefield 2024

As part of our 2023 priorities, DPI begins work with General Motors to address structural inequality across the value chain (focused on macro and micro drivers)

Executive Director Florence Drummond appointed

The Development Partner Framework celebrates 10 years