Under the floorboard of an electric vehicle lies a battery weighing over 400 kg, filled with minerals mined from all over the world. Millions of tons of lithium, cobalt, bauxite and other minerals are extracted, processed, shipped and refined, sometimes at the cost of human rights violations.
PlusThe demand for cobalt is skyrocketing. It is proportional to the deployment of our electric cars and our use of digital technology; because without cobalt, there are no batteries. People die for it, children suffer for it, livelihoods, education, neighbourhoods, the environment and personal safety.
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