Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry

Photocredit: (c) Stefan Boness/Visum Automobile companies need to do more to address abuses in their aluminum supply chains and the bauxite mines they source from, said Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch in a joint report released today. Car manufacturers used nearly a fifth of all aluminum consumed worldwide in 2019 and they are […]

Report Launch Event – Aluminum: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot

Aluminum, a lightweight metal produced from a red ore known as bauxite, is a key material for car companies’ transition toward electric cars and more fuel-efficient vehicles. Yet despite aluminum’s potential benefits, bauxite mining and aluminum production can have devastating human rights and environmental consequences, from the destruction of farmland and damage to water sources […]

Peugeot: act against land-grabs in Cambodia now

Inclusive Development International joined partners Equitable Cambodia and Mighty Earth in an open letter to Peugeot, a global automobile brand, calling on the company to use its substantial influence to ensure the return of land, restoration of degraded forests and waterways, and full compensation to Indigenous communities in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province whose land and livelihoods […]