Join members of the Lead the Charge Coalition at NYC Climate Week 2025. To register for these events, visit: A Just Climate Transition – Protecting Indigenous People’s Rights While Ensuring…
A coalition of groups pushing for strong labor standards and sustainability in electric car supply chains is calling on Ford to ensure a fair election ahead of next week’s union…
A new report from Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) found that the world’s leading manufacturers of EV batteries lack clear goals and commitments to decarbonize their supply chains. This matters because…
A new assessment of the decarbonization plans of the five largest incumbent manufacturers of light-duty vehicles from the New Climate Institute (NCI) took a close look at automakers’ transition to…
Car makers are ramping up contracts to buy green steel and setting targets to make the switch to near zero-emission steel technologies, according to a new global rating by the…
A group of civil society organisations, including the Lead the Charge network, has issued an open letter calling on governments, standard-setting bodies, and corporate steel buyers to reject proposals that would…
The European automotive sector is at a critical turning point. As the EU revises vehicle circularity legislation, civil society organisations, think thanks and recycling industries urge the European Parliament and the…
As the world continues to shift to renewable energy systems and electric vehicles, which are key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, ensuring sustainable and responsible battery supply chains is…
Ford’s board refused to respond to questions from investors during its annual shareholders meeting today on delivering on its commitment to green steel, its efforts to stop workers from unionizing…
Shareholders are pushing US automakers like Tesla, Ford and GM to follow through on commitments to build cars with low-emission steel and aluminum and protect the right of workers to…
Environment and community groups are calling on Hyundai to ensure its $6 billion investment in a new steel plant in Louisiana uses zero carbon steel methods that do not contribute…
Promising measures on steel decarbonization and circularity undercut by proposals to dismantle landmark supply chain sustainability legislation Civil society organizations across the globe are criticizing the announcement of the much-anticipated…
A coalition of 25 civil society organisations, businesses and labour organisations urge policymakers to ensure swift and full implementation of the EU batteries regulation due diligence obligations. Since the adoption…
No company scores more than 50%, three automakers in dead heat at the top of the rankings (Tesla, Ford, and Mercedes). Lead the Charge unveiled its third annual Auto Supply…
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…