Nickel is a key ingredient in many batteries powering electric vehicles and energy storage systems - making responsible sourcing increasingly important. New reporting by @mongabay.com highlights the environmental and social impacts linked to nickel mining in Indonesia. ⬇️

A toxic mine waste landslide in Indonesia killed one worker and halted operations – the latest warning from Indonesia’s nickel boom. Nickel demand is soaring for EV batteries and other tech. But rapid expansion is putting communities at risk. earthworks.org/blog/another... @earthworks.bsky.social

It’s not only fashion brands that present themselves as socially responsible. Companies across a range of industries – including those dependent on mineral extraction – rely on audits & certification schemes to project an image of ethical production that can be misleading. See investigation below.

⚖️ Deuxième journée d'audience dans le procès contre TotalEnergies pour manquement à ses obligations climatiques ! Aujourd'hui, nous assisterons à des auditions d'expert·es économiques et scientifiques et nous aborderons la responsabilité civile de Total. Suivez cette deuxième journée en live 🧵

⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: hearings continue at 🧑‍⚖️ Paris Judicial Court in landmark case against 🛢️TotalEnergies 🔍 Focus today: expert hearings & civil liability 🧵 Live coverage in English below 👇 🇫🇷 See also live coverage in French via @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social

⚖️ 🌐 🛢️ #ClimateLitigation update: court hearings continue at Paris Judicial Court in landmark case against TotalEnergies. The hearing continues, with focus on the review of Total's vigilance plan & of injunctions sought by NGOs & municipalities. 🧵 Live coverage in thread 👇

⚖️ L’audience dans le procès contre TotalEnergies pour manquement à ses obligations climatiques a commencé ! Le tribunal pourrait contraindre les entreprises les plus polluantes à répondre de leur impact sur le climat et à sortir des énergies fossiles. Suivez cette première journée en live 🧵

TODAY: A key moment in climate justice and corporate accountability. The first climate litigation case in France against an oil multinational. ⬇️ www.asso-sherpa.org/climate-case...

A new investigation explores disappearing forests in West Africa, starting with Liberia’s largest gold miner, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation. Gold from its mines has entered global supply chains linked to tech companies including Nvidia and Apple. Read more ⬇️ thegeckoproject.org/articles/tai...

"When mining companies exit a country, the costs do not disappear; they are transferred to local communities. Mining towns lose their tax base, municipalities struggle to maintain essential infrastructure, and environmental damage goes unaddressed."

Global competition for critical minerals is intensifying, with the US pushing to secure access to resources dominated by China – placing Africa, especially the DRC, at the centre of new deals. ⬇️ news.mongabay.com/2026/02/scru...

A deep dive into Anglo American's 100-year history and legacy, as well as its reach and structure, ahead of a proposed merger to become 'Anglo Teck'. Visit: shorturl.at/9mcp3

The long-awaited due diligence law for the EU (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive or CSDDD) has been confirmed, but not without significant revisions. Read this @globalwitness.org analysis on the reduction of its scope and what happens next.

After the UK House of Lords debate on Kabwe (see our feed), we’re sharing a report we collaborated on with @actsa-uk.bsky.social (Oct 2025). The report examines impacts of lead contamination on women and children, with testimonies and new scientific research, and the class action in South Africa.

Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame" Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American

Debate happening now in UK House of Lords on historic lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia. Lord Oates highlights toxic impacts on women & children, and asks what UK is doing to encourage Anglo American to clean up, and how it plans to stop “a plethora of new Kabwes”. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Excellent to see that Raid has joined Bluesky.

The year 2025 has certainly put critical minerals in the spotlight. Cobalt, lithium, nickel, copper & more are central to energy transition and AI/digital tech boom. Against this backdrop, RAID has worked to expose human rights & environmental harms. Our year in review 👉 mailchi.mp/4eda80838b0f...

Interested in BHR and accountability for environmental and human rights crimes? Follow @raid-uk.bsky.social ! (I know their work is excellent because I used to be the board chair)

Hello everyone @ Bluesky 👋 We’re new here! Check out our website and stay tuned – more soon. raid-uk.org