in the solar supply chain in the Uyghur Region, current industry and investor responses, and Investors have the leverage to play a key role in the transition potential alternative technologies and suppli- away from fossil fuels and the achievement of a truly “just ers. [...] Mindful of the Accompanying this policy briefing is a research important role of the investment community, Anti-Slavery In- summary, which further outlines the findings ternational, Sheffield Hallam University and the Investor Alli- from the research with investors and the re- ance for Human Rights interviewed investors from the United search methodology, and the full guidance for Kingdom, the USA. [...] • the United Nations • the G7, and the G20 AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL: • regional forums, such as the Association of South- east Asian Nations, the African Union, and the • Create a working-level cross-Whitehall taskforce, Organization for Security and Co-operation in co-chaired by the Foreign, Commonwealth & De- Europe (OSCE) velopment Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and the Department. [...] manium and graphite), and indicated it may do so again, action is urgently needed to prevent the mistakes of the past and of • Integrate the crisis of Uyghur forced labour in the the solar industry in particular. [...] solar and EV battery supply chains into the activ- ities of all UK policy and working groups on the The UK Government, led by the Department for growth of renewable energy, such as the existing Energy Security & Net Zero, the Foreign, Common- Critical Minerals Taskforce3, the Solar Taskforce, the wealth & Development Office, and the Department Decarbonising Transport strategy, and the anticipated.
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