Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining | A Sector Overlooked and Misunderstood?

In the latest episode of TDi Insights In Conversation, TDi CEO and co-founder of The Impact Facility for Sustainable Mining Communities meets new Impact Facility CEO, Lewis Temple.

The Impact Facility was founded 6 years ago, and Lewis and Assheton discuss what's been achieved over this period, the changes and challenges the organisation has experienced, and the team's aspirations for the future. 

Chapters

• 0:45 What is The Impact Facility (TIF)?
• 1:34 Give us your first impressions of The Impact Facility and what you've just seen in the DRC?
• 4:25 What has changed in the international development world in the last few years?
• 6:01 Is The Impact Facility headed in the right direction?
• 11:05 Can you reflect on the founding of The Impact Facility and why you did it?
• 13:38 What are TIF's biggest achievements in the last six years?
• 16:49 What sort of change have you seen over the six years when working directly with miners and their communities?
• 21:46 Tell us about your reflections on FCA and your visit to the DRC?
• 24:20 What are we differently to change our approach?
• 25:35 What does the green energy transition mean for The Impact Facility?
• 26:45 What do we have to do to convince these banks that these mines can be bankable?
• 27:55 What's next?