Responsible Sand
and Silicates
A next generation global platform bringing together stakeholders to build a future where sand and silicates are sourced, used and produced responsibly
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Introducing the Coalition for Responsible Sand and Silicates
Recorded 4 June 2026 at the Coalition's Advisory Council meeting at Inter IKEA, Älmhult, Sweden. Members from across the supply chain share why they joined and what being part of this effort means.
The Coalition is the only organisation dedicated to responsible sourcing and production practices for sand and silicate materials. We give companies and organisations acting on these materials the legitimacy, the shared knowledge and the practical foundation to act credibly.
Industry, research and civil society sit in the Coalition as equals. Its Founders include The University of Queensland, Inter IKEA, Gilbane Building Company, MCS Portugal and Roca Group, alongside WWF and PACT, who bring the civil society perspective to every decision.
We offer a credible responsibility commitment signal for these materials. Our approach follows the six step due diligence process, being the five steps set out in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance with remedy added as Step 6, following the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
We need to restore regard for these materials.
That begins by addressing their invisibility.
Our Founders
Our Founders built this platform. They brought operational knowledge, research, funding and hard questions and co-designed the Coalition's purpose, governance and programme of work.
We are grateful to each of them and to the dozens of organisations that contributed insight along the way.
Any organisation that joins in 2026, our founding year, is recognised as a Founder, with a direct hand in shaping what responsible practice looks like for these materials.
Join us
If you source, produce or govern sand and silicate materials, we would like to work with you.
