Critical minerals human rights abuses should ‘alarm’ firms and investors
More than half of the 631 allegations tracked so far are associated with just 10 companies.
Critical minerals investors and companies should “recognise the urgency” and take immediate action to protect workers and stakeholders after 91 human rights abuse allegations were tracked in 2023.
Since 2010, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has registered no fewer than 631 allegations of abuse in the supply chains of seven minerals key to the energy transition: bauxite, cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc.
