Tracking the human rights implications of the mineral boom powering the transition to a low-carbon economy.
MORE ABOUT THE TRACKER
Demand for minerals like lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel is expanding as companies race to produce the technology needed to support the low-carbon transition, from electric vehicles to solar panels to wind turbines. But companies’ human rights due diligence isn’t keeping pace with expanding exploration, increasing the risk that the transition fuels further abuse in an already troubled sector.
By the Numbers
This tracker currently tracks information on companies mining cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc.
37
Total number of companies
167
Total number of allegations
Analysis
Global Analysis (May 2020)
Global Analysis (August 2019)
Southern Africa (May 2020)
Southern Africa (August 2019)
By the Technology
Find a company
Find a company mining cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel or zinc to identify whether it has a human rights policy, and whether its activity mining these minerals has been linked to human rights allegations. For further details on allegations, download the full data set below.
Mineral Operations Map
Use the filters on the right-hand side to view whether and where a certain company has been linked to human rights allegations related to its mineral mining operations.