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A garment factory in Egypt and a nickel smelter in Indonesia call for different questions. Connect country risk with the material, production location and people behind your supply chain.

Explore scores, trends and local detail in the platform. Our consultants take that evidence further, building a country and sector briefing around the decision you need to make.

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Indonesia From the mineral to the mining location Egypt From the garment order to the work behind it

Put the location
into the enquiry.

A national profile starts the review. Regional and city-level detail helps you decide where to look next. Follow the mining and textile examples into a production location, then ask what that means for the operation you buy from.

Indonesia

Nickel, tin, gold, copper and coal bring different locations and production relationships into the same country review.

Follow a sourcing location from national context to the production area.

Country · Illustrative profile

Indonesia

54 / 100
Environmental48
Social62
Governance51

Platform risk scale: 0–100. Higher scores mean higher risk.

Which mineral, and which part of the supply chain?

Start with the Indonesian inputs you buy. A nickel smelter, a tin supplier and a coal producer need different enquiries, even when they share a country of origin.

Invented scores demonstrate the platform, not current assessments of these places. The enquiry examples draw on our Indonesia mining and Egypt textile briefings. Overall scores are not averages of the categories shown.

Is the risk rising?
Look at the direction.

A score tells you where a place stands. Its history helps you see whether conditions are getting worse or improving. Follow Egypt’s textile locations or Indonesia’s mining regions, then bring a relevant change back to your sourcing review.

Illustrative history · January–June 2025 · Risk score, 0–100

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJun
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Overall risk · Synthetic monthly scores for 2025
MonthIndonesiaCentral Sulawesi
Jan5251
Feb5153
Mar5357
Apr5260
May5464
Jun5467
Indonesia
+2 points
Central Sulawesi
+16 points

A steady national picture can hide a regional rise.

In this example, the national score changes only slightly while the regional score rises more sharply. A team sourcing from that region has a reason to revisit its assessment, even when the national picture looks relatively stable.

Take it back to the sourcing question.

For an Indonesian nickel input, bring changes around the processing location back into the sourcing review. A new safety concern or change of contractor can alter the questions you need to ask.

Keep track with Alerts & Monitoring

Invented histories for these locations, not measured country or regional trends. Higher scores mean higher risk; changes are score points, not percentages. Overall scores are not simple averages of the categories shown.

What comes from here.
Where it goes.

Indonesia’s nickel can enter a battery supply chain through a processor. For Egyptian garments, the enquiry can extend from the export factory to workshops, mills and cotton inputs. Economic context helps you work out where a country enters the products you buy.

Indonesia

Mining & mineral processing

  1. Material

    Nickel

    Sulawesi and North Maluku

  2. Processing

    Industrial parks

    IMIP, Morowali · IWIP, Weda Bay

  3. Export & use

    China

    Onward into stainless steel and EV battery supply chains

  1. Material

    Tin

    Bangka Belitung

  2. Processing

    Smelting & refining

    Establish the sources feeding each processor

  3. Export & use

    Electronics solder

    Tin inputs in downstream manufacturing

Egypt

Garments & textiles

  1. Material

    Cotton, yarn & fabric

    Trace the inputs behind the finished garment

  2. Processing

    Spinning, weaving & garment making

    Mahalla al-Kubra · 10th of Ramadan · Obour

  3. Export & use

    United States & EU

    Garment export markets covered in the briefing

Adapted from Aseri country briefings · September 2026. Schematic sector pathways; supplier records are needed to establish an actual route.

Follow the tier.
Change the question.

A country briefing becomes useful when it reaches the activity behind your order. These examples turn the Indonesia and Egypt briefings into specific enquiries for mines, processors, factories and upstream suppliers.

Indonesia

The mineral and the processing route change the enquiry.

Nickel processingMorowali and Weda Bay

Who recruits and employs the people at the smelter?

Identify contractors and recruitment routes. Check fees, wage deductions, access to passports and freedom to leave through records and confidential worker interviews.

Tin supplyBangka Belitung

Can the processor identify the mines behind its feedstock?

Establish whether artisanal or small-scale material enters the supply. Follow those sources into age verification and the work children may be doing.

Copper and goldPapua

What does the operating context mean for this mine?

Locate the mine and review security arrangements, community impacts and channels for raising concerns. Keep that assessment specific to the operation.

Egypt

Follow the order beyond the named export factory.

Formal export factory10th of Ramadan and Obour

Do payroll and time records match workers’ experience?

Review wage payments, overtime and breaks alongside worker interviews. Check emergency exits, fire preparedness and how workers can raise concerns.

Subcontracted workshopsBeyond the named export factory

Which units actually make the order, and who works there?

Confirm authorised production locations, subcontracting and hiring arrangements. Include informal workers and labour brokers in the enquiry.

Upstream cottonBefore spinning and weaving

How far back can the cotton inputs be traced?

Identify farming and harvesting sources, then examine worker ages and hazardous tasks. An export factory assessment does not establish conditions on the farm.

Read the risk. Test the evidence.

A serious risk can be well documented. A low rating can still hide an information gap. A country briefing makes that distinction visible.

Risk describes the likelihood and severity of an issue in the sector. Evidence strength shows how firmly the available sources support that assessment, on a separate scale from 1 to 10.

Selected briefing examples · September 2026

Egypt · Garments & textiles

IssueRisk levelEvidence strengthEvidence basis
Freedom of associationRisk levelVery HighEvidence strength
9/10
Conclusive		Evidence basis Official reporting documents obstacles to union registration and arrests of striking textile workers, corroborated by union and factory assessments.
WagesRisk levelHighEvidence strength
8/10
Strong		Evidence basis Better Work factory assessments identify minimum-wage and overtime-pay failures, supported by reporting on wage disputes.
AccommodationRisk levelLowProvisionalEvidence strength
2/10
Unsubstantiated		Evidence basis Little recent sector-specific information was identified. Where employers provide housing, conditions require a site-level check.

The next question

If workers are housed near a factory in Obour or 10th of Ramadan, what site evidence would establish their living conditions?

These selected sector assessments are dated briefing examples, not live platform scores or findings about an individual supplier. The platform’s 0–100 risk scale is separate. Ratings with evidence scores of 1–4 are provisional. Low evidence can signal an information gap; it does not establish that risk is absent.

A briefing your team can act on.

Bring the decision, sector and sourcing locations. We scope the work around your footprint and the questions your team needs to resolve.

Commission focused research, use the platform within your own programme, or combine both. The briefing helps direct further enquiry; evidence from each operation establishes conditions on the ground.

See how our research engagements work
An agreed scope and footprint
The countries, sectors, materials and supply tiers relevant to your sourcing decision.
Dated sources and their limits
A clear evidence cut-off, with risk significance, evidence strength and gaps recorded separately.
A stakeholder map
Relevant worker, industry and civil-society organisations to inform further enquiry.
Questions for the next review
Prioritised supplier questions, assessment recommendations and changes to follow through Alerts & Monitoring.

Bring the country. Bring the question.

A textile order in Egypt, a mineral input from Indonesia, or another sourcing decision. Explore the platform, commission a focused briefing, or combine both around the places you depend on.

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