Launch of the Global Battery Alliance
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-09-22

The market for the lithium-ion batteries found in electric vehicles, portable electronic devices and energy storage will be worth $70 billion by 2024, yet production is linked to issues such as child labour, health and safety hazards for workers, environmental impacts and life-cycle sustainability. The World Economic Forum announces the Global Battery Alliance, a public-private coalition to build an inclusive, sustainable and innovative battery supply chain to power the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Speakers
- Marcos Bonturi, Special Representative to the United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France
- Takayuki Morita, Executive Vice-President; Chief Global Officer, NEC Corporation, Japan
- Jane Nelson , Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
Benedikt Sobotka, Chief Executive Officer, Eurasian Resources Group, Luxembourg

Moderated by
- Dominic Kailash Nath Waughray, Head of Public-Private Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum