Tesla Child Labour Scandal:
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"I heard a question raised about cobalt mining and you know what?" Musk asked an enthusiastic and boisterous group of shareholders. "We will do a third-party audit. In fact, we'll put a webcam on the mine. If anybody sees any children, please let us know," he joked.
Musk has a track record of making bold promises that he hasn't fulfilled, from the safety of Tesla plants and automated driving features to plans to establish an "ecological paradise" at the company's Austin plant. A year after his most recent pledge, Forbes has discovered that Musk's webcam hasn't shown up as planned.
Elon Musk's Solution Is A Joke?
Instead of the live video feed Musk promised, the company that supplies most of Tesla's cobalt, Kamoto Copper Co, publishes a single image of the expansive mine complex in southern Congo each month, captured by an Airbus satellite floating high above the planet.
But despite the regular footage, the resolution isn't quite good enough to show anything smaller than processing facilities and the degraded terrain of a highly industrialised open-pit mine - which could explain why no children are visible.
In its most recent environmental impact report, Tesla also stated that it had several independent evaluations of the working conditions at Kamoto, controlled by the major global mining company Glencore.
"Our direct suppliers undergo third-party audits to ensure no child labour happens at these mines and no material from unauthorised sources enters our supply chain," the company stated. "Four audits were conducted in 2023 and found no instances of child labour at our direct suppliers' sites."
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tesla-child-labour-scandal-elon-musks-solution-joke-1725314
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