‘Highlight of Human Rights Concerns Over Supply Chain‘
People leave their homes to travel half way across the World to countries like the U.K. and risk their lives at sea in small boats crossing the English Channel – one reason is human rights issues in their own countries.
At some point everyone’s family now living in the UK – came from somewhere else. Probably same is true for most countries – except people who are indigenous – Aboriginies, native Americains, the Sami people. Ironically, these indigenous races become displaced or marginalized in their own lands.
If we really want to find fair & workable solutions – we need to look at the driving reasons behind. Everything else is probably just a quick fast fix.
Electric cars are considered a good way to reduce Climate Change but the production of cheaper models still rely on Cobalt mining in the Congo to make the batteries and the supply chain for this is causing a Human Rights issue.
Children die in unsafe mines, they die from poverty as these miners get very little money and people around the area of a mine are effected by chemical pollution by acids which escape into local rivers and land from these mines.
In 2020 only 24.8% of the shareholders of one company voted that this was a Human Rights Issue.
The Sisters who are supporting the people in the Congo bought shares to try and reach people investing in technology but were allowed only 3 minutes to speak at this A,G.M.
Before you buy an electric car or new gadget – do some research into supply chains and encourage these companys and middle men to be more ethical.
The good news –
‘Because of the many drawbacks to Cobalt (the high environmental, social and financial costs) – much research has happened to look for alternatives and MIT research has designed a battery based on organic materials’ Mit News
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