"Most of the world’s top companies extracting key minerals for electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines have been linked with human rights abuses in their mines… 87% of the 23 largest companies mining cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc – the six minerals essential to the renewable energy industry – have faced allegations of abuse including land rights infringements, corruption, violence or death over the past 10 years."

The tracker mentioned in the article: [https://transitionminerals-tracker.business-humanrights.org/](https://transitionminerals-tracker.business-humanrights.org/) + their list of studies and articles on human rights issues with each type of mineral used in ev, solar, wind [https://transitionminerals-tracker.business-humanrights.org/resources](https://transitionminerals-tracker.business-humanrights.org/resources) . The transition to renewables should be an ethical one.