Drilling down into the cobalt supply chain

Who’s behind it? – Principles for Responsible Investment (2018)

How can it help? – The investor expectations and recommendations in this brief can be used by investors engaging companies on their cobalt sourcing practices. Although this brief mainly focuses on child labour risks in the cobalt supply chain, it aims to encourage companies and entities along the supply chain to build strong due diligence and risk assessment mechanisms so they have the right systems in place to gradually focus on every material human rights risk area.