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Fostering multi-stakeholder initiatives is key to a transparent cobalt supply chain: Cobalt Institute joins the Fair Cobalt Alliance
The decision to join the multi-stakeholder action platform reflects the Institute’s vision to promote the sustainable, transparent and responsible production and use of cobalt in all its forms.

Call to Action: Putting People at the Heart of the Decarbonization of Transportation
In advance of COP26, read our blogpost outlining the steps we need to be taking in cobalt to ensure a just transition for everyone in the decarbonization of transport to reach climate neutrality by 2050, and calling on decision-makers to do the same.

Cobalt Institute workshop: Procedure for sampling, weighing, and analysis of cobalt hydroxides
The Cobalt Institute will present an industry best practice guideline on the sampling, weighing, and analysis of semi-refined cobalt hydroxides to relevant stakeholders and interested parties on 9 November 2021.

Cobalt industry develops a guideline to increase transparency across value chain
The Cobalt Institute and its members developed an industry best practice guideline to promote the standardization of sampling and weighing methodologies of cobalt hydroxides and contribute to increasing transparency of cobalt markets and across the entire value chain.

Battery-powered future: How can the EU ensure electric vehicles drive the green transport revolution?
The Cobalt Institute was delighted to take part in an online webinar on ‘Battery-powered future: How can the EU ensure electric vehicles drive the green transport revolution?’, organized by a lead...

Studies on cobalt use in medical devices show there is no alternative material with a better combination of physical properties and historical track record
The Cobalt Institute examined a series of scientific publications looking at the benefits of the use of cobalt in medical devices, such as implants, stents or scalpels.