TDi Newsletter | March 2025

TDi Explores the EU Commission’s Proposed Omnibus Changes

After much speculation, the EU Commission’s proposed omnibus changes to the CSRD, CSDDD and EU Taxonomy have now been announced. The results of the Commission’s review are a significant rollback on the EU’s leadership on sustainability issues globally, rather than just a streamlining of reporting obligations, as had been suggested.

Set against a general global push toward deregulation, what do these fundamental alterations to the cornerstones of the EU Green Deal mean for due diligence and sustainability in business? In our latest blog, the TDi team consider the key changes proposed in the omnibus package and examine why sustainability not only still matters but is essential to long-term business productivity and resilience.

Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/e2D-t7EZ

How Important is ESG to Junior Mining Companies?

Junior mining companies in Africa are in a unique position to seize the opportunity offered by the continent’s vast resources of critical and strategic raw materials and utilise resources that are too small for major mining companies. In doing so, junior miners have the potential to act as a catalyst for growth in Africa, developing economies and accelerating job creation.

But what are the roadblocks in the way? Gaining the finance that they need to realise their ambitions is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges facing junior mining companies. The resounding feedback from TDi’s investor clients is that investment is much more likely where an offtake agreement is in place. But before they will commit to an offtake agreement, many downstream companies now request evidence of strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. What does this mean in practice for junior mining companies?

We spoke to our junior mining clients to find out about the key challenges they face in incorporating ESG risk identification and management into their business operations.

Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3F74XUQ

Insights from Mining Indaba 2025

TDi is proud to have been a strategic partner of Investing in African Mining Indaba 2025. Assheton Stewart Carter , TDi’s CEO, and Elizabeth Arnott , Responsible Mining Specialist, attended the Mining Indaba in Cape Town between 3-6 February.

TDi Sustainability held a breakfast meeting on the second day of the Mining Indaba to examine the tools and strategies that can help junior mining companies build a strong ESG profile and facilitate the path to investment and offtake. In addition, Assheton chaired a panel session on the implications of the development of seabed exploration for Africa. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4bkgI6C

Watch our daily round-up videos from the event or listen to our special edition series of seven podcasts focused on the key event themes, and featuring speakers from this year’s Indaba: https://bit.ly/4aBPMij

#TeamTDi: Latest Updates and Events

• Maryam A. Babba, Ph.D. ., Multi-stakeholder Manager at TDi, was at the Pharma Sustainability Integrates event in Cambridge on 25 February 2025 representing the Circularity in Primary Pharmaceutical Packaging Accelerator (CiPPPA) . Maryam was on the CiPPPA stand talking to attendees about the initiative and its Task Forces. TDi is the Project Management Office for CiPPPA. Please get in touch if you'd like to find out more about CiPPPA or about TDi's leadership services.
• Kaki Comer - Sustainability Consultant at TDi, and Standards Development Manager at Equitable Origin - attended the I-REC Day in Mexico City on 21 February 2025, hosted by NORMEX and The International Tracking Standard Foundation: Founder of I-REC. At the event, Kaki presented Equitable Origin's EO100 Standard for energy development and discussed the impacts of ESG certification and how it contributes to more comprehensive compliance with sustainability and social and environmental responsibility in renewable energy projects.
• TDi CEO, Assheton Stewart Carter will be chairing a panel session at Solar & Storage Live in London on 02 April 2025, titled 'Responsible Sourcing – How to Scale the Supply Chain in the Right Way'.
• Members of the TDi team will be at the annual Wind Europe event in Copenhagen between 8-10 April 2025.
• The TDi team will be at the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Paris between 5-7 May 2025.

If you're going to be at any of the events above, the TDi team would love to meet up - please get in touch to arrange a meeting.

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