{"id":1161598,"date":"2020-01-23T16:33:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1012079"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:33:58","slug":"battery-passport-guiding-principles-on-value-chain-data-launched-at-world-economic-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1161598","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Battery Passport,\u2019 guiding principles on value chain data launched at World Economic Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the World Economic Forum in Geneva, the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) on Thursday launched 10 key principles that have been signed by 42 global&nbsp;organizations \u2013 along with the \u2018Battery Passport\u2019 concept, a type of \u2018quality seal\u2019 on a global digital platform for sharing value chain data of batteries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0The first of its kind, the Battery Passport is expected to address areas including compliance with human rights and environmental footprints, the World Economic Forum said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2020\/01\/42-global-organizations-agree-on-guiding-principles-for-batteries-to-power-sustainable-energy-transition\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"in a press release. (opens in a new tab)\">in a press release.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The principles are intended as the first step in a responsible, sustainable battery value chain as set out in the Global Battery Alliance\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/reports\/a-vision-for-a-sustainable-battery-value-chain-in-2030\" >A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0Implementing commitments will be based on existing standards such as the\u00a0Organisation\u00a0for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)\u2019s Due Diligence Guidance and economically viable considerations for a circular and low carbon economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the Annual Meeting 2020, running Jan 20-24, 42 organizations, including businesses from mining, chemicals, battery, automotive and energy industries, representing annual revenue of close to a trillion dollars, along with international organizations and global NGOs, have agreed on the 10 guiding principles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The principles are intended as the first step in a responsible, sustainable battery value chain as set out in the Global Battery Alliance\u2019s\u00a0\u201cA Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030&#8243;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They include maximizing the productivity of batteries, enabling a productive and safe second life use, circular recovery of battery materials, ensuring transparency of greenhouse gas emissions and their progressive reduction, prioritizing energy efficiency measures and increasing the use of renewable energy, fostering battery-enabled renewable energy integration, high quality job creation and skills development, eliminating child and forced&nbsp;labour, protecting public health and the environment and supporting responsible trade and anti-corruption practices, local value creation and economic diversification.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need batteries to power the clean revolution. However, we must ensure violations of human rights do not occur anywhere in the value chain, that local\u00a0communities\u00a0benefit and that battery production is sustainable. These guiding principles are an important first step to build a value chain that can deliver on this promise while supporting societies and economies at the same time,\u201d said Dominic\u00a0Waughray, Managing Director, World Economic Forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organizations supporting the realization of a battery value chain that meets these principles include&nbsp;AB Volvo, African Development Bank, Amara Raja Batteries, Analog Devices, Audi, BASF, and BMW, the World Bank and UNICEF.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This alignment among key players in the battery market establishes the basis for a transparent accountability system. It will guide the development of a global digital battery information disclosure system referred to as the \u201cBattery Passport\u201d, which is designed to enable a transparent value chain, for example, with respect to human rights and the environmental footprint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of its kind, the Battery Passport is expected to address areas including compliance with human rights and environmental footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1016,624,2849,369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1161598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161638,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161598\/revisions\/1161638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1161598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1161598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1161598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}