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Country Risk Scores Mapped and Explained

EcoVadis

These quantitative scores come from a number of international indexes identified by EcoVadis as reliable metrics that cover relevant sustainability topics around the world. RSF calculates each country’s Freedom of the Press score based on two sources: 1) quantitative research 2) journalist survey responses. to be high risk.

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Ford Motor Moves Deeper Into Supply Network Vertical Integration

Supply Chain Matters

based Albemarle providing upwards of 100,000 metric tons of battery grade lithium hydroxide to supply 3 million Ford EV batteries starting in 2026. A supply agreement starting in 2025 involves EnergySource Minerals and Compass Minerals , for lithium supply to be produced in California and Utah.

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4 Crucial Commodities to Watch in 2023

Resilinc

According to Siddharth Kara , a researcher of modern-day slavery, “Industrial mines, almost all of them, have artisanal miners working, digging in and around them, feeding cobalt into the formal supply chain.” 85% of disruptions originate in the indirect supply chain (such as mines), where most companies do not have visibility.

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Copper in flux

Resilinc

The volatility of the last few months was tracked in real time by subscribers to Resilinc’s CommodityWatch AI as the service alerted customers to protests in Peru, droughts in Chile, M&As in the mining industry and other disruptions—as well as the larger economic factors mentioned by Davidson. dependent on foreign sources.