Resources for identifying high-risk commodities and countries of origin:
List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), September 2016
Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal and Corporate Supply Chains: Research on Risk in 43 Commodities Worldwide, Verité, 2017
Commodity-specific sources:
Cobalt: Time to Recharge: Corporate Action and Inaction to Tackle Abuses in the Cobalt Supply Chain, Amnesty International, November 2017; Electric Vehicles Drive Cobalt Demand, APICS Magazine, 2018
Electronics: Automotive Electronics Cost As a Percentage of Total Car Cost Worldwide from 1950 to 2030, Statista, 2018
Leather: Where Does the Leather in Your Car Seats Come From?, Car Keys, August 2015
Mica: Global Mica Mining and the Impact on Children’s Rights, SOMO, March 2018
Rubber: Making the Production of Rubber Better for the Planet, World Wildlife Magazine, 2016
Steel: Making the Production of Rubber Better for the Planet, World Wildlife Magazine, 2016
3TG/Conflict Minerals: Conflict Minerals’ Child Labor Problem, BSR, June 2014; Countries Where Coltan, Tungsten, & Tin are Reportedly Produced with Forced Labor and/or Child Labor, Verité; Thousands Of Children As Young As 6 Work In Bolivia’s Mines, NPR, November 2013; European Automakers, EU Debate Mineral Sourcing, Wards Auto, April 2017
