We’re taking a look inside the new Jaguar Type 00 concept car to answer the question: Just how clean and equitable is the supply chain for this innovative new EV?…
Today, Lead the Charge member organizations including Mighty Earth, SIRGE Coalition, Public Citizen, Earthworks and Transport and Environment endorsed a policy brief for automakers in response to the draft Consolidated…
Here at Lead the Charge, we’re busy working on the 2025 edition of our annual Leaderboard on automotive supply chains, due to be released early next year. The Lead the…
Nearly 100 Indigenous leaders from the seven socio-cultural regions of the world have reached unanimous agreement on defining a Just Transition with respect to impacted or potentially impacted Indigenous Peoples….
Active Engagement with Automakers On the Impacts of their Supply Chains Can Mitigate Risks, Drive Long-Term Value, and Promote Positive Social and Environmental Outcomes The Lead the Charge network launched…
Today members of the Lead the Charge network sent a letter to the CEOs of ICMM, MAC, Copper Mark and the World Gold Council, expressing concerns over efforts to create…
The term ‘green steel’ gets thrown around a lot lately – but what qualifies as truly green steel? Investors and policymakers have an essential role to play in determining what…
Today, the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, in collaboration with Earthworks, released a new report, Minimizing Mining Impacts on the Road to Zero Emissions Transport….
POSCO, South Korea’s leading steel manufacturer, is on the brink of a decision that could lock in coal dependency for decades. Instead of transitioning to cleaner production methods, POSCO is…
The regulatory landscape for automakers operating in Europe just changed dramatically with the passage of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). With the passage of the CSDDD, automakers…
One of the biggest challenges in our global fight against climate change is that energy transition requires mining for battery minerals, which disproportionately impacts tropical rainforests, which protect the climate….
Tesla released their annual sustainability report ahead of their annual general meeting. The report details the company’s commitment and actions to ensure that its supply chain can “maximize positive environmental…
Some called 2023 the year of the auto worker thanks to huge victories by the UAW. Despite these historic wins, our 2024 leaderboard shows a lack of progress from automakers…
When we released our 2024 leaderboard ranking automakers on their efforts to ensure equitable, sustainable supply chains, we were heartened by a lot of the progress we saw. But in…
Yesterday, Ford released its annual sustainability report, which demonstrates important progress on ensuring respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and workers in its supply chain but, disappointingly, falls short…
As Standards Australia convenes the second workshop around an International Workshop Agreement (IWA 45) for sustainable critical minerals supply chains, the signed US and EU civil society organizations (CSOs) are…
March 29, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Company has announced its withdrawal from its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to purchase aluminum from a new 1.1GW coal power plant-powered smelter in North…
One of the markers of progress we utilize with our annual Leaderboard is tracking how automakers are advancing the decarbonization of the steel and aluminum they use to produce vehicles….
Lateefah Simon and State Senator Josh Becker joined members of Lead the Charge to highlight findings from the organization’s second annual Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard and discuss California’s opportunity to…
Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda are at the bottom of the Second Annual Lead the Charge Industry Leaderboard, released today, falling way behind sector leaders Ford, Mercedes, and Tesla on…