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A global coalition calling on automakers to transform their supply chains to be equitable, sustainable and 100% fossil free. See who's in the lead 👇
https://leadthecharge.org/
If you’ll be attending #COP30noBrasil, be sure to check out these events from @leadthecharge.bsky.social network member organizations:

leadthecharge.org/cop2025/

#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@steelwatch.bsky.social is urging EU lawmakers to stay the course on CBAM, despite calls from some in the steel industry to delay implementation.

steelwatch.org/commentary/e...
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This month in the Lead the Charge newsletter:

-A battery supply chain with net-zero mineral demand is within reach
-Why are automakers burning coal to make batteries to save the climate?

And much more...
open.substack.com/pub/leadthec...
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Abhilasha Bhola at @publiccitizen.bsky.social wrote in the @thecourierjournal.bsky.social:

www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today we’re celebrating some good news: Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with Norsk Hydro to source lower-carbon aluminum for their new electric CLA model.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This month in the Lead the Charge newsletter:

✊ Organizations launch new global campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its supply chain
🧑‍🏭 Auto battery workers vote to unionize in Kentucky as UAW advocates for investment in EV battery supply chains in California

open.substack.com/pub/leadthec...
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@publiccitizen.bsky.social launched a campaign at #ClimateWeekNYC - including a video truck that drove around Manhattan for the full day - against the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative from ICMM due to concerns from NGOs that the CMSI will undermine existing human rights protections in mining.
September 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Automakers that want to avoid similar public scrutiny and pressure should move quickly to get coal out of their supply chains and ensure that their suppliers respect human rights and protect the environment.
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In Los Angeles, where Hyundai Motor America has its home base, organizers with @mightyearth.org dropped a banner over the LA County Museum of Art to highlight the museum’s partnership with the controversial auto company.
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In Seoul, community organizers from @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social, Solutions for Our Climate, Big Wave and Action Speaks Louder gathered outside Hyundai’s international HQ to call on CEO Chung Eui Sun to make the right move for the people, planet and communities impacted by Hyundai’s supply chain.
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Automakers are watching closely as a new global coalition of organizations calls on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

➡️Join the movement: eko.org/hyundai-drive-change
🔗Learn more: drive-change.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today a new global coalition of organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @mightyearth.org, @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social,
@publiccitizen.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org
& @steelwatch.bsky.social launched a campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.
September 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check out our new video on @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social's recent report on the decarbonization plans of battery manufacturers.

www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
September 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Attending #ClimateWeekNYC? Don't miss these events from Lead the Charge member organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @rainforestnorway.bsky.social, SIRGE Coalition, @climaterights.bsky.social , @sierraclub.org & @earthworks.bsky.social.

#ClimateSky #ClimateCrisis 🔌🚗 #Climate
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The folks at @uawregion6.bsky.social have a suite of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain in California.

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September 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
According to a new analysis from PwC:

"Just 22% of companies have mature supplier engagement programmes, suggesting significant opportunity for acceleration, particularly in reducing emissions from purchased goods and services.”

sustainabilitymag.com/news/pwc-how...
September 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@UAW.org’s statement on the recent ICE raids at Hyundai’s Georgia site:

“Workers are not the problem. Exploitative corporations are.”

Read the whole statement at → uaw.org/uaw-issues-s...
September 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Most of the steel in Europe is made in coal-powered blast furnaces.

Click here and scroll all the way down to explore the destructive impact of coal steel on local communities in Europe here: leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...

#climatesky #EVsky #blueev #blueskycars
September 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Automakers play a significant role in driving global energy-related emissions - and subsequent climate disasters.

Automakers should look closely at the climate impacts of their policy decisions and move swiftly to decarbonize EV supply chains.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
September 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Battery passports are soon to be required in the EU, and according to Christopher Chico of The Battery Chronicle:

christopherchico.substack.com/p/the-batter...
August 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A new report on Green Industrial Policy in California from @uawregion6.bsky.social is full of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain. #battchat

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August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Nils Hesse, BMW’s vice president for product sustainability, on the new #iX3, which is being called BMW's most sustainable production car to date:

🔌🚗 #bskycars

www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/367498/...
August 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Researchers found that deploying end-of-life EV batteries as stationary energy storage devices is more effective in reducing emissions than immediate recycling.

batteriesnews.com/electric-veh...
August 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@katherinejulia.bsky.social‬, Clean Transportation for All Campaign Director at @sierraclub.org said:
August 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This month in the Lead the Charge newsletter:

-Distorted mass balance approaches threaten to undermine green steel transition & deceive automakers;

-GM & Redwood Materials maximize emissions reductions by reusing EV batteries in utility-scale microgrids

leadthecharge.substack.com/p/distorted-...
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM