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News / December 22, 2020

Electric vehicle boom taking heavy social and environmental toll

Mass adoption of electric vehicles is widely seen by governments and businesses as a key element of the energy transition. But the soaring demand for batteries to propel these vehicles comes with devastating social and…

Publication / December 22, 2020

The battery paradox

How the electric vehicle boom is draining communities and the planet

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Publication / August 4, 2020

Time to start caring about cobalt

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News / August 4, 2020

Large insurers do not tackle abuse in cobalt mining

The nine largest insurance groups in the Netherlands (Achmea, Aegon, Allianz, ASR, CZ, Menzis, NN Group, VGZ and Vivat) do not do enough to prevent or tackle serious human rights violations in the cobalt sector….