15 Aug 2023 The Nihon Keizai Shimbun morning edition (front page) carried an article on a survey analysed by aiESG, our product-level supply chain assessment service.

This analysed the environmental, social and governance impacts of a hypothetical shift of EV component supply from China to Latin America due to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US, resulting in lower CO2 emissions but increased air pollutant emissions and human rights-related risks such as low-wage labour and child labour. The results were.

Details of the analysis will be published as a REPORT at a later date.

Electric vehicle production and de-China is also a challenge US supply chain is 60% worse on environmental and human rights indicators (Nihon Keizai Shimbun).
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC20CZU0Q3A720C2000000/

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