Material Insights® is a collaborative industry platform that helps actors in material supply chains to strengthen their due diligence and facilitates joint efforts to address sourcing risks.
The platform hosts in-depth profiles of a growing range of raw materials, allowing users to understand the importance of the material in industrial supply chains, explore the ESG issues associated with the material, and assess possible risks to the security of supply.
Material Insights supports companies on their journeys to sustainability and responsible practices, by contextualising supply chain issues across materials, jurisdictions, and industries. The platform is intended to serve as a living resource and that continually expands. Data and analysis will grow over 2022 and beyond to cover a growing range of materials, metals, and components. The platform’s databases of standards and multi-stakeholder initiatives will enable users to collaborate and act together to mitigate risks.
The resources on our platform are presented to be relevant for industry decision-makers, sustainability executives, and all actors with a stake in making supply chains more transparent and accountable.
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Explore datasets to identify supply chain issues
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Access cutting edge analysis to separate perception from reality
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Understand the environmental, social and governance issues associated with the world’s most important materials.
Material Insights provides a lens on responsible sourcing that encourages industry collaboration in addressing ESG challenges, and will facilitate participation in environmental and social development projects.
Material Profile Features
Uses and attributes
Understand the characteristics of the material that make it useful in industrial applications. Explore its key uses across a range of industries and sectors.
Supply chain risk mapping
Assess factors that impact the resilience of the supply chain, including geopolitical trends that affect supply, demand, and prices.
Production and reserves
See the countries that dominate production, and those that will serve as future sources of supply.
Supply chain phases
Explore the process of producing the material, from its extraction through to its conversion to a metal.
Country governance risks
Compare the key producers across a range of metrics to identify where weaknesses in governance translate into exposure to ESG risks.
ESG Risk analysis
Identify possibly sourcing red flags, and separate perception from reality to understand the most material issues in minerall supply chains.
"Material Insights is a vital resource for anyone who wants to understand how they can address risks in their supply chains, target their resources, and take action to make a positive impact "
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Find ways to collaborate through participating in joint initiatives to address ESG risks and make a positive impact in communities affected by material supply chains.
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Material Insights is a collaboration between TDi Sustainability and the Responsible Minerals Initiative
TDi Sustainability is a global consultancy that helps businesses the world over to be more sustainable. Along the length and breadth of the supply chain, from artisanal mine to multinational corporation, TDi’s expertise helps companies build responsible supply chains that work for people, for business, and for the planet.
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Founded in 2008 by members of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, the Responsible Minerals Initiative has grown into one of the most utilised and respected resources for companies from a range of industries addressing responsible mineral sourcing issues in their supply chains.
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