How our services support the aerospace industry
Due diligence
Supplier engagement is a critical aspect of supply chain due diligence. However, aerospace companies often face difficulties when trying to obtain supply chain transparency data from their suppliers.
Through a combination of supplier engagement and data-driven contextualised ESG and CAHRA risk data, TDi enables you to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the risks in your supply chain. This approach is complemented by targeted auditing of higher risk suppliers.
TDi’s Enhanced Due Diligence (TEDD) tool helps aerospace companies to visualise their supply chain, identify areas of risk and highlight gaps and priorities for risk mitigation.
Through our portfolio of clients across multiple industries from aerospace and auto to electronics, the TDi team has researched and analysed the circularity profiles of numerous key materials used in the aerospace industry and other consumer-facing products. As supply chain experts, we approach circularity not just from an environmental perspective, but also from the vantage point of supply resilience, acknowledging the constant imperative to understand and seek out emerging material sources to ensure supply continuity.
Our technical experience includes:
- Identification of circular opportunities in metal supply chains, including potential partners for circular ecosystem building
- Guidance on circular design practices
- Metal alloys revert loops and internal scraps ownership
- Metal recycled content calculation method
- Mapping the flow of copper scrap globally to identify ESG issues and opportunities for intervention
- Current practices in pre and post-consumer recycling of glass, emerging trends and technical and economic challenges in scaling up glass recycling for complex materials
- ESG profile of recycled plastics and associated human rights risks
Speak to our team about how we can help you develop your circularity strategy.
Regulation and standard mapping
With new mandates and guidelines emerging at both national and international levels every year around recycling, producer responsibility, labour and carbon emissions, to name a few, ensuring your company remains compliant can be overwhelming. TDi’s expertise and digital tools enables aerospace companies to proactively map the regulations and standards that apply to their operations.
Supply chain risk mapping
TDi can help you to identify the risks associated with the materials in your aerospace supply chains – developing systems to measure and compare materials’ sustainability attributes. This includes developing practical methodologies to capture Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data in alignment with your group-level targets related to greenhouse gas emissions, water reduction, waste elimination, circularity and material usage.
Risk management
The TDi team carries out human rights due diligence assessment for specific materials in aerospace supply chains. This leads to the identification of potential and actual adverse human rights impacts associated with the sourcing, production, use, re-use and disposal of these materials, providing actionable insights to mitigate risks and enhance human rights performance.
Insights & reports
TDi’s data analysts and responsible sourcing experts produce insight reports and data-driven research and analysis for a wide range of clients.
TDi is known for its knowledge and data on ESG risks in minerals and metals supply chains – enabling industry-wide comparisons of ESG issues and their significance in the aerospace industry. Get in touch with your research requirements.
Latest Trends
Demand uncertainty and shortages
This sector has seen significant disruption as a result of the unstable geopolitical landscape, due to its complex and interlinked supply chains, as well as previous trends towards consolidation of supply. Aerospace companies will need to adapt their sourcing strategies to navigate future supply insecurities and pricing and demand volatilities to ensure a resilient supply of critical minerals and materials. We’re already witnessing a significant shift towards nearshoring and friend-shoring within the industry.
Carbon emissions and reaching net zero
The aerospace industry is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The industry is investing heavily in new technology such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), hydrogen-powered aircraft and electric propulsion systems, as well as beginning to adopt lightweight materials and technology that improves aerodynamics and reduces the environmental impact of aircraft. However, despite this, the industry is still a long way away from reaching net zero.
AI and automation
AI-driven systems are increasing efficiency across the industry – from optimisation of fuel consumption to streamlining of air traffic flow. Better data can also support activities across the sourcing lifecycle – for example improving supplier performance management and supply risks.
Digital twin technology
Creating virtual models of aircraft and aerospace systems is allowing companies to gain greater visibility into all aspects of their supply chain. Digital twins can show material flows and identify data gaps – helping to provide proactive assessment of the impacts of disruption and adverse events.
Circularity
The production of aerospace materials is energy-intensive. Adopting circular economy principles can help reduce the industry’s environmental impact while providing cost savings and improving supply chain resilience. Increased focus on regulations and standards around ESG has led to innovations that are helping to unlock value at various stages of the recycling and disposal process.
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