Join us for the next event in our TDi webinar series, hosted in partnership with the Global Centre for Mineral Security at the University of Queensland, where we’ll be discussing the steps being taken to develop due diligence processes to advance responsible conduct in sand and silicate supply chains.

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TDi’s Standards Manager Clara Segón will moderate the session. Clara has more than 15 years of international experience in improving the sustainability of extractive industries, from performance minerals to biomass and jewellery to renewables. Clara previously worked as a Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations Manager at Imerys – one of the leading global players in sand and silicate processing and supply. Clara’s work is driven by her passion for stakeholder management, human rights, Indigenous people’s rights, social license to operate, and responsible, ethical, transparent, and sustainable value chains.

Clara is joined by:

▶️ Dr Louise Gallagher | Global Centre for Mineral Security | The University of Queensland. Louise is a Senior Fellow at the Global Centre for Mineral Security within the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland. She co-leads the Responsible Sand and Silicates Initiative with Professor Daniel Franks and Daniel Holm. Louise has designed and facilitated programmes for systems change at the intersection of societal development, ecosystems, and sustainability challenges over the last 15 years with organisations like the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), WWF, and various academic institutions.

▶️ Leda Langberg | Senior Advisor – Sustainable Procurement | Statkraft. Leda is a lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in compliance and sustainability advisory. She currently works as a Senior Advisor in Sustainable Procurement at Statkraft, where she supports the company’s procurement team in identifying and mitigating social and environmental risks across its diverse supply chains, with a particular focus on the solar and HV categories. Leda is also the current Chair of the Supply Chain Sustainability Workstream at Solar Power Europe.

▶️ Julija Menise | Standards and Certification Lead | Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) Stewardship Initiative. Julija is Standards and Certification Lead at the Solar Stewardship Initiative, and is a part of the Initiative’s permanent secretariat. Julija has more than 15 years of experience in the review of international standards, national laws and policy instruments relating to human rights, labour rights, the environment and supply chain traceability. Julija has extensive field experience conducting assessments and supply chain mapping in industries ranging from mining, smelting, manufacturing and retail to wood products, electronics and food and beverage in over 40 countries in Europe, USA, Latin America, China, India and Central Asia.

Sand and other silicate materials are the world’s most mined solid raw materials. They are fundamental for everything from construction and transport infrastructure to industrial manufacturing and energy production, but their importance, and the environmental, social and governance issues associated with their abstraction, are critically overlooked.

In this webinar we’ll explore the issues associated with the excavation of sand and the supply chains affected. We’ll provide an update on the outcomes from the closed-door partner session on advancing responsible business conduct in sand and silicate supply chains held at the recent OECD Forum, and subsequent follow up meetings, the next steps that are being taken to develop due diligence processes and frameworks, and how you can get involved.

The speakers will also discuss what industries reliant on sand and silicate materials should and can be doing now, to engage in the due diligence process and reduce their risk exposure, and impact on the environments and communities from which their raw materials are being sourced.