In this short report we compare findings from two reports, “Human rights risks behind electric buses in Swedish public transportation” and “Human and labour rights violations at EVE Energy in China”, on three battery manufacturers in China: BYD, CATL, and EVE. This comparison highlights shared human rights risks and identifies industry-wide risk patterns. The comparison was commissioned by VIMAB BESS. Globalworks Lund AB conducted the research and authored the report.
The comparison follows the structure of the full reports, which were divided into two parts analysing the risk of state-imposed forced labour on the one hand and risks of labour rights violations at battery factories on the other. Table 1 and 2 provide summaries of the main findings for each of the three brands. For detailed information we refer to the full reports.