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Challenge

The world has seen how a聽myriad of difficulties and ESG聽shortcomings severely affect聽the lives of communities and聽the environment in countries聽such as The Democratic聽Republic of Congo. These聽shortcomings have prompted聽intense scrutiny from external聽stakeholders, and companies聽all along the value chain are聽paying much more attention to聽what is happening within their聽supply chains.鈥�

In this context, an automotive聽OEM was deliberating whether聽to source Indonesian nickel聽and approached RCS - now part of SLR - to assess聽the supply chain risks. The聽client sought assistance in聽navigating ESG issues,聽identifying potential risks, and聽ensuring a responsible and聽sustainable approach to nickel聽sourcing. This included聽recommendations for a聽potential market entry and聽supply chain management聽strategy.鈥�

Solution

RCS assessed the nickel聽industry in Indonesia in terms聽of its market characteristics聽and its ESG performance.聽鈥�

Step-by-step:

• Firstly, the team carried聽out desk research聽including a comprehensive聽mapping of the supply聽chain and overview of the聽industry. This covered the聽market structure, asset聽ownership, and ESG聽performance across聽multiple dimensions and聽culminated in a report that聽was tailored to the client鈥檚聽requirements and聽deliberations that were聽taking place.聽鈥�
  
• Next, to verify these initial聽findings, RCS conducted聽thorough field work. The聽field assessment not only聽confirmed the results of聽the first phase of the聽project, but enabled a聽much more nuanced聽understanding of the聽impacts that are directly聽attributable to nickel聽sourcing in Indonesia.

Impact

The ESG supply chain risk assessment with a field trip聽equipped the client with聽the necessary insights to聽make informed聽deliberations on whether to聽source Indonesian nickel聽and how to best manage聽risks in the process.

Furthermore, they now聽have comprehensive聽intelligence available聽detailing important aspects聽beyond ESG risks, including聽existing social dynamics,聽community perspectives,聽public sentiment as well as聽potential collaborators. The聽client was provided with a聽solid set of聽recommendations and a聽strategy of how best to聽navigate the sector.

The project outcome is聽being used to inform聽decision-making at board聽level with RCS remaining as聽a strategically important聽partner to provide ongoing聽support.