{"id":137374,"date":"2025-02-10T09:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/solar-manufacturer-makes-world-first-commitment-to-exclude-minerals-from-deep-sea-mining\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:05:19","slug":"solar-manufacturer-makes-world-first-commitment-to-exclude-minerals-from-deep-sea-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/solar-manufacturer-makes-world-first-commitment-to-exclude-minerals-from-deep-sea-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar manufacturer makes world-first commitment to exclude minerals from deep sea mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137374\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Solar panel manufacturer First Solar has committed to excluding minerals mined from the deep seabed from its supply chain until sufficient scientific findings can assess the environmental risks associated with the practice.<\/p>\n<p>Solar manufacturer makes world-first commitment to exclude minerals from deep sea mining<br \/>\nDeep sea mining involves extracting mineral deposits from the ocean floor. This decision follows a shareholder proposal led by corporate responsibility non-profit As You Sow, which raised concerns about the environmental impact of deep sea mining and its potential inclusion in supply chains \u2013 particularly for low-carbon technologies.<\/p>\n<p>As You Sow has also refiled similar proposals at General Motors and Tesla, urging them to adopt sourcing policies that prevent the use of deep sea mined materials. Deep sea mining involves extracting mineral deposits from the ocean floor using methods such as dredging, drilling and hydraulic pumps.<\/p>\n<p>These techniques can disrupt fragile deep-sea ecosystems, destroy marine habitats and release sediment plumes laced with toxic metals. The impact of such activity extends beyond the immediate mining site, potentially triggering cascading biodiversity loss and disrupting entire food webs. Another significant concern is the release of long-held carbon stores from the seabed, which could accelerate climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its risks, several governments and private mining companies are eager to commence deep sea mining operations in international waters, citing the demand for critical minerals used in renewable energy technologies and electronics.<\/p>\n<p>First Solar\u2019s pledge aligns with the Global Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining, which has been signed by more than 30 governments and 60 companies, including Apple, Google, Rivian, Salesforce and Samsung. These signatories have committed to keeping their supply chains free from deep sea mined minerals until potential environmental impacts are better understood.<\/p>\n<p>Deep sea mining remains unregulated due to the lack of consensus within the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-affiliated body responsible for managing mineral resources in international waters. The ISA has repeatedly delayed finalising a deep sea mining code, preventing commercial operations from moving forward. The most recent ISA Assembly meeting, which concluded in August last year, saw an unprecedented number of states calling for a moratorium or precautionary pause on deep sea mining.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 32 states\u2014including Canada, France and New Zealand\u2014have now endorsed a moratorium, reflecting a growing international movement against the practice. As You Sow\u2019s biodiversity programme co-ordinator Elizabeth Levy said: \u201cCompanies that promote deep sea mining insist that we need deep seabed minerals now to fuel the energy transition. \u201cFirst Solar\u2019s insistence on a precautionary process challenges this false narrative and shows others in the renewable energy industry that we don\u2019t need to exploit the deep sea, potentially irrevocably, for the energy transition to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/solar-manufacturer-makes-world-first-commitment-to-exclude-minerals-from-deep-sea-mining\/\">edie.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vauen\/solar-manufacturer-makes-world-first-commitment-to-exclude-minerals-from-deep-sea-mining\/\">Solar manufacturer makes world-first commitment to exclude minerals from deep sea mining<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[10403,6838,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-137374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-minerals","tag-solar-panel","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}