Assheton Carter

Executive Chair & Founder TDI Sustainability

Assheton is an expert on responsible sourcing, sustainability standards, environmental markets, non-financial risk, and responsible investment. He has spent more than 30 years working in the natural resources sector and international supply chains of mining, metals, and gemstones, luxury, jewellery, auto and electronics OEM, and carbon. Assheton is Founder and Executive Chair of TDi Sustainability, founded The Impact Facility, and serves on the boards of several standard-setting organisations, non-profit organisations, and private companies. He is an expert on international conventions on human rights and environmental protection, corporate voluntary standard-setting and certification schemes, and value-chain development from producer to product. He has built many significant public private partnerships between business, environmental and development NGOs, the donor community and government agencies, including structured innovative ‘green’ supply chains for the first fully traceable gold and diamond jewellery for the world’s largest retailer, Walmart and the only tracking system for ‘conflict-free’ metals from the DRC.