Corruption Risks in the EV Battery Supply Chain: What Advocates, Automakers, and Fleet Purchasers Can Do

One of the keys to overall electric vehicle battery supply chain sustainability (including both mitigation of harmful impacts and securing long-term supplies) is reducing corruption. Corruption can derail needed supply-chain deployment and undermine public revenues. Our policy brief with Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)(opens in a new tab) offers solutions to address this challenge, tailored specifically towards automakers and fleet purchasers in “downstream” markets like the United States and European Union. These countries are major consumers of electric vehicles but not necessarily engaged in direct advocacy related to corruption within mineral-producing countries. By integrating the policy asks described in this brief into existing advocacy, electrification and sustainable mining advocates can also help to ensure fairer and more efficient supply chains.

Additional Author: Susannah Fitzgerald