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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 1d

A recent report from @transportenvironment.org says otherwise, with all European carmakers on track to comply with the EU’s 2025-2027 EV targets.

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ev-...

EV progress report: Which EU carmakers are on track for 2025-27…

The EU’s CO₂ regulation for cars and vans is the backbone of Europe’s automotive climate and industrial policy. Data from the first half of 2025 show that…

www.transportenvironment.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 1d

“The automaker's head of Europe has said that the company is no longer pursuing the most important part of its Dare Forward strategic plan. It won't be going fully electric by 2030, and he said that the EU's carbon emissions targets are no longer possible.”

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 1d

A number of automakers are failing to meet their own EV and climate targets - but Stellantis has taken the further step of publicly abandoning them.

carbuzz.com/stellantis-a...

Another Global Automaker Gives Up On All-Electric Dream

Expect more Hemis as Stellantis bails on its EV targets.

carbuzz.com

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 5d

Key regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, mandate companies to report and address supply chain risks starting in 2026.

EU automakers are already preparing to meet these new standards.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 5d

Sophie Grenade from @industrialleurope.bsky.social outlined the EU’s response to dependency on critical raw materials from countries like the DRC, South Africa and China. The EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan and Critical Raw Materials Act aim to secure supply chains while promoting sustainability.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 5d

The @industriall-union.org held a webinar to highlight the need to protect workers around the world by holding a high standard for human rights due diligence in the mining industry.

www.industriall-union.org/human-rights...

Human rights due diligence: an imperative for critical raw materials in the Global South

The global transition to renewable energy systems has intensified demand for critical raw materials like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper, particularly from resource-rich regions in the Global South...

www.industriall-union.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 6d

Automakers that want stable supply chains would be well advised to do their own due diligence around human rights and environmental impacts in their mining supply chains - before regulators and investors do. 5/5

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 6d

🇧🇷 And Brazil’s federal prosecutors have asked the country’s mining regulator to suspend lithium projects in Minas Gerais, citing inadequate consultation with local communities and environmental risks:

www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne... 4/5 🔌🚗

Brazil: Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office recommends prior consultation and suspension of lithium mining in the Jequitinhonha Valley; companies did not respond to source - Business & Human Rights Res...

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 6d

“’The Council on Ethics recommends that Eramet SA be excluded...due to an unacceptable risk that the company is contributing to, or is itself responsible for, severe environmental damage & serious violation of the human rights of uncontacted #Indigenous people,’ the council said.” 3/5

Brazil: Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office recommends prior consultation and suspension of lithium mining in the Jequitinhonha Valley; companies did not respond to source - Business & Human Rights Res...

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 6d

🇳🇴 Norway's sovereign wealth fund excluded French mining group Eramet from its portfolio on ethical grounds:

www.reuters.com/sustainabili... 2/5 #🔋

Norway's sovereign wealth fund excludes miner Eramet from portfolio on ethics grounds

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has excluded French mining group Eramet from its portfolio on ethical grounds, a spokesperson for the fund's operator, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 6d

Investors and regulators are increasing pressure on mining companies to respect human rights and avoid environmental impacts. This is a 🧵with just 2 recent examples. 1/5 #ClimateSky

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 7d

This month in the Lead the Charge newsletter:

✊ Organizations launch new global campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its supply chain
🧑‍🏭 Auto battery workers vote to unionize in Kentucky as UAW advocates for investment in EV battery supply chains in California

open.substack.com/pub/leadthec...

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 8d

Like the Lead the Charge Leaderboard, the BHRRC benchmark shows that clean energy companies are moving to address human rights in their supply chains - and that much more progress is needed.

leadthecharge.org/scorecards-s...

Leaderboard Summary - Lead the Charge

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 8d

🎱 Eight companies now have policies on the protection of human rights defenders – including one new company.
✊ Most companies do not have a commitment in place to fully respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights and BHRRC recorded a concerning number of related allegations.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 8d

They found:

⬆️ 67% of companies (18 out of 27) improved or maintained their scores since 2023.
🗣️ 18 out of 27 companies improved their scores on commitment to providing remedy and/or grievance mechanisms.
🇪🇺 The top 6 developers in this year’s Benchmark are all European based.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 8d

The recently released @business-humanrights.org 2025 Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark shows promising signs of progress among 35 of the world’s largest renewable energy companies on their human rights policies and practices.

www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

Renewable energy and human rights benchmark 2025 - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 11d

@publiccitizen.bsky.social launched a campaign at #ClimateWeekNYC - including a video truck that drove around Manhattan for the full day - against the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative from ICMM due to concerns from NGOs that the CMSI will undermine existing human rights protections in mining.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 12d

Automakers that want to avoid similar public scrutiny and pressure should move quickly to get coal out of their supply chains and ensure that their suppliers respect human rights and protect the environment.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 12d

In Los Angeles, where Hyundai Motor America has its home base, organizers with @mightyearth.org dropped a banner over the LA County Museum of Art to highlight the museum’s partnership with the controversial auto company.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 12d

In Seoul, community organizers from @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social, Solutions for Our Climate, Big Wave and Action Speaks Louder gathered outside Hyundai’s international HQ to call on CEO Chung Eui Sun to make the right move for the people, planet and communities impacted by Hyundai’s supply chain.

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 12d

Automakers are watching closely as a new global coalition of organizations calls on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

➡️Join the movement: eko.org/hyundai-drive-change
🔗Learn more: drive-change.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 13d

➡️Join the movement: eko.org/hyundai-drive-change
🔗Learn more: drive-change.org

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eko.org

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 13d

🌏 Guarantee that suppliers respect human rights and protect the environment
🧑‍🏭 Commit to good jobs, fair wages, community benefits and responsible environmental practices

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 13d

Activists in Seoul and Los Angeles, home to Hyundai’s global and US headquarters, gathered to ask the company to:

🪨 Get dirty coal out of its supply chain
💯 Accelerate progress towards 100% EV sales

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 13d

Today a new global coalition of organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @mightyearth.org, @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social,
@publiccitizen.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org
& @steelwatch.bsky.social launched a campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

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