This month in the Lead the Charge newsletter: 🏭What automakers can learn from Nordic industry 📈Human rights violations linked to mining up 73% in one year 💲New research shows that companies leading on climate are growing as fast or faster than laggards www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...

What automakers can learn from Nordic industry about creating a lead market for green steel

The new Sustainable Steel Scorecard 2026 from Just Shift shows that rapid decarbonization of the steel industry is possible, if steel buyers adopt existing best practices already being implemented acr...

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The #FIFAWorld Cup passed through Monterrey, where local communities are demanding that FIFA sponsor Hyundai take action on air quality in the heavily pollution-burdened city. 1/2

No accountability for corporate sponsors like Hyundai? That’s a red card, #FIFA. Jobs to Move America rallied in Los Angeles last week to call on on FIFA, LASEC & corporate sponsors to address human rights & environmental issues before future games. www.instagram.com/p/Da3VmrTxqeB/

Jobs to Move America on Instagram: "Workers, fans, and community members rallied outside of Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles last week. The co...

93 likes, 11 comments - jobstomoveamerica on July 16, 2026: "Workers, fans, and community members rallied outside of Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) headquarters in Downtown Los ...

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@publiccitizen.bsky.social's Abhilasha Bhola explains why communities around the world are calling on FIFA sponsor @Hyundai to clean up its supply chain during the #FIFAWorldCup. Sign the letter to Hyundai here → act.citizen.org/page/100009/... youtube.com/shorts/1QuRR...

Hyundai is Violating Human Rights

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Solutions for Our Climate is calling for #FIFAWorldCup sponsor Hyundai to step up its climate action or get out of the game. x.com/forourclimat...

Hyundai's Climate Action Amid FIFA World Cup Competition | Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) posted on the topic | LinkedIn

🔥 🌏 🚘 With competition heating up in the run-up to the finals, calls for FIFA World Cup sponsor Hyundai to step up its climate action are growing louder. Cars made with coal-based steel carry a heav...

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A new analysis from @steelwatch.bsky.social found that the free allowances given to steel companies under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) are acting as “an anaesthetic” for investment rather than a catalyst. www.edie.net/ets-free-all...

EU steelmakers get €25.7bn free ETS permits

EU steelmakers received €25.73bn in free ETS allowances but invested just €3.2bn in decarbonisation, raising doubts over emissions policy.

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JLR continues to lead the auto industry in innovative solutions to supply chain decarbonization. Their new Cornerstone project produced a demonstration vehicle that the company says has decreased emissions from key components by around 50%. www.whichev.net/2026/06/24/j...

JLR unveils circular concept vehicle to halve component carbon footprint

JLR has revealed a new concept demonstrator showcasing how circular design principles could dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of future

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A former steelworker argues that transitioning away from coal is crucial not only for improving people’s health and addressing climate change, but also for ensuring Indiana’s steel industry can continue operating in a rapidly transforming market. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

Today football fans in Los Angeles gave #FIFAWorldCup sponsor Hyundai a red card. 🟥❗❌ @publiccitizen.bsky.social led local and national NGOs to deliver a letter highlighting the harms by corporate backers of the World Cup. Read the letter from 16 organizations: leadthecharge.org/wp-content/u...

Nippon Steel is already backtracking on commitments made when they acquired US Steel, including a promise to invest $11B in upgrading dated, polluting coal-based steel mills. Instead the steel giant plans to add a new hot strip mill to Edgar Thomson Works. 1/3 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Nippon Steel takeover doesn’t mean safer, cleaner conditions, US workers and residents say

Pennsylvania families note promised investment has yet to deliver safer mills or cleaner air in the Mon Valley

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The newly released Sustainable Steel Scoreboard 2026 from @justshiftfi is getting a lot of attention, earning headlines from @CSO Futures and @Sustainability Online. 1/3 sustainabilityonline.net/news/firms-c... www.csofutures.com/news/nordic-...

Firms could triple demand for green steel by using existing best practices - Sustainability Online

A report by Just Shift has suggested that firms could significantly increase demand for near-zero emission steel by utilising best practices that already exist.

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The 2026 Transition Minerals Tracker from @business-humanrights.org reveals a dramatic & accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the transition to clean energy. 2025 saw a 73% increase in allegations of abuse linked to mining. 1/4 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

Transition Minerals Tracker: 2026 global analysis - Business and Human Rights Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre

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Check out the yellow card issued to Hyundai by Solutions for Our Climate, highlighting the company’s use of polluting coal. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Hyundai's Climate Yellow Card: Green Steel Lacking | Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) posted on the topic | LinkedIn

⚽ 🟨 Dirty steel earns Hyundai a climate yellow card — but the game isn’t over. Despite its #NextStartsNow campaign, Hyundai is falling behind competitors on supply chain decarbonization. The gap i...

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Policy makers in the EU are under pressure to roll back the European Emissions Trading System. Green steel makers are in support of keeping the ETS as it is, and a new poll from YouGov shows that European voters agree with them. 🔗Read the full briefing at → beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/07/01/e...

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We all feel the consequences of a warming planet. The #EUETS exists to reduce emissions from some of 🇪🇺’s biggest industrial polluters. 📊 New poll shows 72% of Europeans agree: the more a company emits, or fails to reduce its emissions, the more it should pay. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/07/01/s...

Civil society groups around the world are united today in calling on Hyundai to “ take responsibility for the impacts its business has on people and the planet, and to match its climate commitments with meaningful action.” 1/6 www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blo...

An Open Letter to Hyundai Motor Group from NGO Allies - Greenpeace East Asia

Eleven NGO voices from around the globe urged 2026 FIFA World Cup sponsor Hyundai to take responsibility for its impacts and to align its climate commitments with meaningful action.

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The #FIFAWorldCup is here—and so is Hyundai's greenwashing. While promoting EVs at World Cup, #Hyundai still sells millions of fossil-fueled cars each year. Its annual emissions are comparable to Spain's. Our open letter: www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blo... @publiccitizen.bsky.social @sierraclub.org

Today, Action Speaks Louder, eko, Fair Steel Coalition, Good Neighbors Louisiana, Greenpeace East Asia, Mighty Earth, Networks for Green Transport, PLAN1.5 @publiccitizen.bsky.social @sierraclub.org Solutions for Our Climate delivered an open letter to #Hyundai www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blo...

Virtually every major automaker sources from Nippon Steel. Now that the Japanese company has purchased US Steel, it is now the third-largest steel company in the world. Learn from impacted residents about what it’s like to live with Nippon’s coal pollution at —> 1/3 steelwatch.org/stories/nipp...

Coal first puts people last

Nippon Steel wants to be the world’s best steelmaker, but the path it is following in Japan and now in the United States is locking in the worst way of making it: with coal.

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The road to green hydrogen-fueled DRI steelmaking in the US - truly clean, green steel - lies through Louisiana, and Hyundai is in the driver’s seat. 1/6 www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

Hyundai’s new steel mill sparks hopes and fears in Louisiana

The manufacturer is building a $6 billion facility that will use cleaner technology — and potentially green hydrogen. But residents question whether they…

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@raid-uk.bsky.social, AFREWATCH and @source-int.bsky.social just published 4 independent scientific studies documenting widespread pollution in the air, water and sediment around large-scale copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 1/2 raid-uk.org/news-drc-cob...

A deadly chemical trail: New scientific evidence reveals industrial-scale pollution at DRC's copper-cobalt mines

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🚨 “We are being killed slowly.” Today we publish independent scientific studies with @source-int.bsky.social & Afrewatch exposing air pollution, water and soil contamination, linked to industrial copper-cobalt mining in DRC – with serious implications for public health. raid-uk.org/news-drc-cob...

A deadly chemical trail: New scientific evidence reveals industrial-scale pollution at DRC's copper-cobalt mines

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GM faced an investor resolution at its AGM from a group of faith-based investors who called the company out for failing to protect Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the company’s supply chain. 1/3 www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

Nuns invested in automaker blast ties to Nevada lithium mine: ‘Injury after injury’

General Motors is taking heat from investors following a report about its ties to a controversial Nevada lithium mine.

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The environmental and human rights impacts of nickel mining in Indonesia are attracting more attention every day. Virtually every article and report cites the use of nickel in EV batteries as a driving force behind the destruction of ecosystems and theft of land. 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/06/01/n...

Brazil is emerging as a possible hub for DRI steelmaking powered by hydrogen, the decarbonization strategy that if applied to the whole steel industry, could help reduce global climate emissions as much as grounding every plane in the sky. dialogue.earth/en/business/...

Green steel is still an opportunity for Brazil, but not an easy one

Its industry is facing pressure from Chinese imports and exposure to the EU’s looming carbon tax. But new projects and policy are trying to unlock an industrial opportunity

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Hyundai wants to use the World Cup’s global spotlight to polish its image. Last Friday, activists in Guadalajara made it Hyundai cannot throw millions of dollars at sponsorships to erase what has happened to their communities. #WorldCup #Hyundai #NextStartsNow

Manifestantes en Guadalajara acusan a patrocinador del Mundial de 'lavar su imagen' con la Copa del Mundo; planean protestas en L.A.

Comunidades, defensores del clima y trabajadores salieron a manifestarse en Guadalajara contra lo que califican de "lavado de imagen a través del deporte" por parte Hyundai-Kia

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Communities in Guadalajara, Mexico are protesting Hyundai at the 2026 #WorldCup. Activists point to disappearances of Indigenous land defenders connected to Hyundai’s steel supply chain. They are calling on Hyundai to address human rights abuses. #RedCard www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Protesters to rally against World Cup sponsor Hyundai before Mexico game

Protesters to rally against World Cup sponsor Hyundai before Mexico game

* Focus on business dealings with mining company Ternium * Guadalajara rally to highlight fate of Mexico’s ‘disappeared’ Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining company Ternium. A 2025 report from environmental group Mighty Earth criticised Hyundai’s involvement in what they described as a “dirty steel supply chain”, as the South Korean motor company is a major buyer of iron ore from Ternium for use in steel production. Ternium has faced repeated criticisms for its destructive environmental impact and corporate governance policies from campaign groups, as well as its alleged links to the disappearance of two Mexican activists. Continue reading...

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The recent leak of the #BHPFiles brought to light how the mining giant has chosen to reverse course on climate. 1/3 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push

Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines

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According to @transportenvironment.org, low-carbon steel credits under the EU car CO₂ standards can create a lead market for green steel produced in Europe. 1/2 www.transportenvironment.org/articles/low...

Low-carbon steel credits in the EU cars CO₂ standards

Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport & energy

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Major Chinese automakers Geely and BYD are coming together to build a greener and more responsible EV value chain. 1/3 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IgkjfY9Rfe...

兄弟倡议官宣！电动汽车行业可持续发展联合倡议（EVSA）正式启动

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