PAMP

LBMA Approved Referee

17th December 2003

PAMP has been appointed as an Approved Referee to the London Good Delivery system administered by the LBMA with effect from the 17th December 2003. PAMP is one of only three refineries worldwide designated as ‘Referee’ by both the LBMA and the LPPM.

LBMA Good Delivery Gold & Silver

LGD since June 1987 for Gold & October 1995 for Silver

The LBMA benchmarks and regulates the acceptable requirements for large gold and silver bars through its regularly updated publication of the London Good Delivery Lists. These standards, recognized throughout the world, ensure that accredited refiners continue to maintain the high standards necessary for listing. PAMP is proud  to be recognized by the LBMA as part of the most reputable assayers and refiners in the world.

LBMA Responsible Gold & Silver Certificates

LBMA has set up a Responsible Gold & Silver Guidance for Good Delivery Refiners in order to combat systematic or widespread abuses of human rights, to avoid contributing to conflict, to comply with high standards of anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing practice. This Guidance formalises and consolidates existing high standards of due diligence amongst all LBMA Good Delivery Refiners. 

This Guidance follows the five steps framework for risk-based due diligence of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas adopted on 15 December 2010 and follows the requirements detailed in the OECD Gold Supplement adopted on 17 July 2012. The best way for Refiners to operationalise this Guidance is via the LBMA Best Practice Toolkit.

London Platinum and Palladium Market

Member since January 2007 for Platinum & Palladium

The LPPM is the most important over-the-counter trading center for platinum and palladium. 
PAMP is one of only three refineries worldwide designated as ‘Referee’ by both the LBMA and the LPPM.

Quality Management System

Certified since March 2008

The ISO 9001:2008 standard provide a framework of globally recognized principles for a quality management  system. PAMP is the only refinery in Switzerland to simultaneously hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025 and OHSAS 18001 accreditations.

Social Accountability

Certified since June 2014

The SA8000 Standard is one of the world’s first auditable social certification standards for decent workplaces, It is based on the UN Declaration of Human Rights, conventions of the ILO, UN and national law. It takes a management systems approach by setting out the structures and procedures that companies must adopt in order to ensure that compliance with the standard is continuously reviewed. Those seeking to comply with SA8000 have adopted policies and procedures that protect the basic human rights of workers. 

PAMP is the only refinery in the world with it’s sister company MMTC-PAMP to be accredited SA8000.

Health and Safety Management System

Certified since July 2009

The ISO 45001:2018 standard provide a framework of globally recognized principles for an occupational health and safety management system.
PAMP is the only refinery in Switzerland to simultaneously hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025 and OHSAS 18001 accreditations.

Environmental Management System

Certified since July 2009

The ISO 14001:2004 standard provide a framework of globally recognized principles for an Environmental management system. 
PAMP is the only refinery in Switzerland to simultaneously hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025 and OHSAS 18001 accreditations.

Self-declared environmental claims related to the recycled content

Certified since December 2019

The ISO 14021:2016 specifies requirements for self-declared environmental claims, including statements, symbols and graphics, regarding products. It further describes selected terms commonly used in environmental claims and gives qualifications for their use. This International Standard also describes a general evaluation and verification methodology for self-declared environmental claims and specific evaluation and verification methods for the selected claims in this International Standard.

General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

Certified since June 2005

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 specifies the general requirements for the competence to carry out tests and/or calibrations, including sampling. It covers testing and calibration performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory-developed methods.

Shanghai Gold Exchange

Member since July 2014

The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) is the main exchange for gold and silver in China. It was founded in 2002 and organized by the PBOC.
PAMP products are accredited Good delivery on the SGE. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange

The TOCOM is the japanese commodity market exchange, it operates since 1951. 

PAMP products are accredited Good delivery on the TOCOM for Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium.

Good Delivery - Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

2005

Established in 2002 as a strategic initiative of the Government of Dubai with a mandate to provide the physical, market and financial infrastructure required to set up and operate a thriving commodities marketplace.

CME Group - gold, silver, platinum and palladium

CME Group represents the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), its commodity exchange division, and the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX). 

PAMP products are deliverable on the CME for Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium.

Responsible Jewelry Council Certification

Certified member since March 2006

RJC certification programs are designed to support responsible business practices in the jewelry supply chain. They are based on rigorous standards developed through multi-stakeholder processes, including the RJC Standards Committee and multiple opportunities for public comment and feedback.

Responsible Jewelry Council CoC

Chain-of-Custody certified since March 2015

PAMP complies with the voluntary certification standards set by the RJC to ensure responsible practices throughout the production chain, with a particular focus on business ethics, human rights, and social and environmental performance.

ASFCMP (Swiss precious metal industry association)

The ASFCMP is the Swiss precious metal industry association. Today, the private non-profit organisation has 15 members who are all involved in dealing in and processing precious metals. The purpose of the association is to contribute towards further development of the Swiss precious metal industry and to promote its members’ interests with regard to the general public, politics, and national, as well as international, regulatory authorities.

Association Romande des Intermédiaires Financiers

Member

On December 24th 1999, the Federal Authority with regards to money laundering granted the Association Romande des Intermédiaires Financiers (ARIF) recognition as a self-regulatory body (hereinafter OAR).

Founded in Geneva on March 15th 1999 on the initiative of a group of professionals in finance, ARIF is a non-profit-making association, its purpose to assist in the prevention of, and fight against, money laundering and to acquaint its members with, and apply, the Federal Act on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Financial Sector of October 10th 1997. (Loi Fédérale concernant la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent dans le secteur financier – hereinafter the “LBA”).