cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2963866
Research from Infyos has identified that companies accounting for 75 per cent of the global battery market have connections to one or more companies in the supply chain facing allegations of severe human rights abuses.
Most of the allegations of severe human rights abuses involve companies mining and refining raw materials in China that end up in batteries globally, particularly in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China.
“The relative opaqueness of battery supply chains and the complexity of supply chain legal requirements means current approaches like ESG audits are out of date and don’t comply with new regulations. Most battery manufacturers and their customers, including automotive companies and grid-scale battery energy storage developers, still don’t have complete supply chain oversight," says Sarah Montgomery, CEO & co-founder, Infyos.
Supply chain changes are needed to eliminate widespread forced labour and child labour abuses occurring in the lithium-ion battery market, Infyos added.
Wait until you find out that we got kids working in slaughterhouses in the here US…
But that’s not slave labour… Just kids working, no big deal. Civilization
wHaTaBoUt!?¹?
Also, it’s a lot easier for most people to boycott American meat than it is to boycott Chinese batteries.
fake news loving covering how savage china is. all good china is savage but we got similar behavior within US.
people should be aware that this labour abuses is not regime specific, in fact it appears to be regime agnostic. i wonder why?