Events

Recent and upcoming events

Upcoming: The 2025 GBA Annual General Meeting will take place from 9-10 December in Brussels, Belgium.

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Recent: Consultation on the Global Battery Alliance's Battery Passport Indigenous Peoples' rights rulebook

The Global Battery Alliance had the honour of convening organisations representing Indigenous Peoples and Communities around the world, to take part in an online consultation meeting on the GBA's draft Battery Passport Indigenous Peoples rights rulebook on 23 and 24 October 2024.

The GBA’s principal tool for achieving its mission is the Battery Passport, a global framework of sustainability performance expectations that companies can follow to meet digital product passport requirements for transparency and traceability, and to distinguish their sustainability efforts on sustainability impacts of batteries across 22 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues salient for the battery value chain.

Among issues of priority for the GBA Battery Passport is the Respect for Indigenous Peoples' rights. Activities along battery value chain, from mining of raw materials to industrial production of batteries and their recycling, have impacts on Indigenous Peoples' and their lands. Unless managed responsibly and jointly with Indigenous communities, including following the principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), these impacts could undermine the sustainability objectives of the energy transition. On the other hand, investments in batteries have the potential to bring about socio-economic opportunities for Indigenous communities.

In 2024, the GBA's Environmental, Social and Governance working group begun drafting a rulebook and a set of indicators on Respect for Indigenous Peoples' rights for the Battery Passport, drawing on performance expectations for companies along the battery value chain included in sustainability regulations, voluntary standards, and the GBA's multi-stakeholder working group deliberations. 

The draft rulebook, which is currently being revised into a streamlined structure along with the production of rulebooks on other topics, can be found here. You may access the recording here and materials here.