The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation | Findings from the first review

Jeanette Greven, Senior Sustainability Consultant at TDi, joins Sarah Wilkinson, TDi's Marketing Manager to discuss TDi’s contribution to, and findings from, the first review of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (CMR), which was adopted in September 2024. 

The review was led by the TDi Sustainability team, and Sarah and Jeannette discuss the review methodology, the shortcomings identified by the team and some recommendations for how these could be addressed. Jeannette also examines practical steps that companies can take to ensure that they're complying with the Conflict Minerals Regulation, and looks at how the CMR fits in with other key EU Regulations, touching on recent changes introduced by the omnibus package.

Chapters

• 0:46 What is the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation?
• 1:49 Who does the Regulation apply to?
• 2:06 Why did the EU commission the recent review and who carried it out?
• 2:36 What did the review involve?
• 3:28 Who were some of the stakeholders that you spoke to?
• 4:17 What were some of the challenges you faced when undertaking the review?
• 4:56 What were some of the key findings of the review?
• 7:43 How could some of these challenges be overcome?
• 8:26 What measures could the EU Commission put in place to address some of the issues identified?
• 9:42 Where does the CMR fit with other EU regulations?
• 10:44 What do companies need to do to comply with the regulation?