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The Risks Posed by the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative: a Civil Society Briefing for Automakers and other Downstream Purchasers

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…

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New Amnesty International report on human rights in auto supply chains finds automakers have a long way to go

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…

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Indigenous Peoples Reach Unanimous Agreement on Defining the Just Transition and Provide Principles and Protocols to Eliminate Harm from Renewable Energy and ‘Green’ Development

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….

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Lead the Charge Launches Investor Briefing Examining Risks and Opportunities Associated with Auto Supply Chains

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…

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Public Citizen and other organizations call out mining industry for attempt to weaken standards for human rights, labor and pollution

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…

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Investors agree: automakers must invest in truly green, fossil-fuel-free steel

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…

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New Earthworks Report on Minimizing Mining Impacts from Electric Vehicles

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….

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Relining Blast Furnaces: POSCO’s Plan to Prolong Coal Dependency and Its Climate Consequences

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…

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EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive to compel automakers to act on supply chain impacts 

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…

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Rainforest Foundation Norway and AidEnvironment document deforestation impacts of EV supply chain

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….

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Tesla’s 2023 Impact Report Shows Incremental, but Underwhelming, Progress on Clean and Equitable Supply Chains

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…

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Auto workers are building power as automakers fail to respect workers’ rights

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…

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Leaderboard reveals lack of commitment from automakers to Indigenous Peoples’ rights

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…

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Ford Sustainability Report Shows Important Progress on the Rights of Workers and Indigenous Peoples but Disappoints on Clean Steel and Aluminum

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…

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Civil Society Guiding Principles and Priorities for a Credible, Rights-Respecting ISO Critical Minerals Supply Chain Standard

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…

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Hyundai announces withdrawal from agreement to procure aluminum powered by new coal power plant in Indonesia

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…

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Automakers are making progress on green steel and aluminum

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….

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Bay Area Leaders Join Lead the Charge Coalition Members to Discuss Priorities for Cleaning up Automotive Supply Chains in California, and Globally

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…

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American Automakers Surge as Japanese Automakers stagnate, in second annual Lead The Charge Leaderboard

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…

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South Korean automakers fall behind U.S. automakers in annual clean car scorecard

Hyundai and Kia score low on supply chain decarbonization and due diligence, according to the second annual “Lead the Charge” leaderboard. While South Korean automakers are focused on the EV market…

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