Global sustainability models are failing to accurately represent the realities of global supply chains, particularly the essential work carried out by African farmers, miners, and merchants. These individuals handle the extraction and processing of critical resources, yet they bear the brunt of strict sustainability regulations that often disproportionately impact them. As a result, they struggle to comply with requirements intended to promote accountability while corporations benefit from the end products, such as electric vehicles and smartphones. This inequity in treatment undermines the foundational principle of accountability that these frameworks aim to establish.
Global sustainability models are failing to understand the critical work done at the beginning of supply chains, burdening African merchants and miners.
The unfair treatment of African farmers and miners highlights an imbalance in sustainability frameworks, undermining accountability across supply chain stakeholders.
African farmers are struggling under strict regulations like the EU Deforestation Regulation, which demands documentation they can't provide due to limited resources.
These sustainability models celebrate end products but ignore the difficult work required in the early stages of the supply chain, creating significant inequity.
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