Auditing

🌱 What role do audits play? Overall, “evaluating the environmental and social costs of th[e] supply chain requires extensive information about every step in its production [such as if] mines exploited child labor, or how much fossil fuel was used to ship each part around the world”.[i] The collecti

🌱 Why is auditing important? The production of renewable energy technologies and batteries brings an array of environmental and human rights risks with it. For example, “some of the mining operations for raw materials like cobalt [used in batteries] are notorious for human rights violations, includ

🌱 What general guidance is there for companies? The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct provide companies with guidance on how to implement human rights due diligence throughout their supply chains and global operat