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20.11.2023

Youth Climate Strike LA and Mighty Earth disrupt LA Auto Show in protest of Hyundai’s use of child labor and coal

Climate and human rights organizers turned up the heat on Hyundai this week at the LA Auto Show, where they staged a die-in to protest Hyundai’s use of child labor…
20.10.2023

Greenpeace East Asia ranks automakers on decarbonization

This week we’re reading Greenpeace East Asia’s 2023 Automobile Environmental Guide, which evaluates the world’s biggest automakers on their decarbonization efforts.  The report looks at the big picture of decarbonizing…
03.10.2023

This is the type of leadership we need from automakers

This week we’re commending three US automakers (Ford, GM and Rivian) and a number of other companies that wrote to the Department of Energy (DOE) to call for US federal…
02.10.2023

Auto Industry Could Save Hundreds of Lives a Year in US by Cleaning Up Supply Chain

Pollution from industry in the US has a huge impact on public health, clean air and water, and the global climate. A recent report from the Sierra Club, Coming Clean…
11.09.2023

Subsidizing Green Steel Procurement to Drive Carbon Reduction and Cost Savings in China’s Automotive Industry

Hong Kong, 5 September 2023 – Transition Asia, a Hong Kong-based non-profit think tank that focuses on driving 1.5oC-aligned corporate climate action, today published a research report on the integration…
08.08.2023

Cleveland-Cliffs Delays 68 Million Tonne Pollution Decision

(Cleveland, Ohio)—Following calls from advocates to abandon its plan to reline a blast furnace in Burns Harbor, Indiana, and instead invest in green steel, U.S. steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs announced that it…
Candlelit vigil in front of GM's HQ with projections on dirty steel and aluminum behind.
15.06.2023

General Motors’ Thacker Pass Investment Threatens Indigenous Peoples Rights: New Mighty Earth Report Reveals GM Failing on Protecting People and Climate

(Washington, D.C. )—- Mighty Earth has released a report documenting how General Motors (GM), a global leader in the automobile industry, is facilitating the violation of Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination…
25.05.2023

Automakers have failed to disclose emissions from steel: new report by Greenpeace

TOKYO – Carmakers are pushing the planet past the critical 1.5C heating threshold by not decarbonizing their steel supply chains, according to a new Greenpeace East Asia report. Steel production for…
16.05.2023

Powering electric vehicles: New report on human rights and environmental abuses in Southeast Asia’s nickel supply chains

As the globe transitions to cleaner sources of energy, the human rights abuses in electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chains must be urgently addressed. In a new report published today…
05.04.2023

Hyundai’s Award-Winning Ioniqs: Failing to answer the call for sustainable supply chains

Hyundai-Kia, now the world’s third largest automaker, has been making headways in the transition to electric vehicles. In 2022, its EV sales climbed to 316,821 according to EV volumes, representing…