{"id":91316,"date":"2024-11-24T19:06:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/?p=91316"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:08:02","slug":"solarlieferketten-im-blick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/solarlieferketten-im-blick\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on solar supply chains \u2013 understand risks, shop responsibly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 data-section-id=\"v6oa38\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"98\">Solar supply chains at a glance: Ensuring human rights and environmental standards along the energy transition<\/h2>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1qmx6pl\" data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"160\">Why solar energy needs to be looked at in more detail from the point of view of supply chains<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"327\">Solar energy is central to the energy transition. But climate-friendly technologies also have supply chains in which social and environmental risks can arise.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"105z2xm\" data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"358\">What the publication shows<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"547\">The publication <strong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"408\">\"Solar supply chains at a glance\"<\/strong> examines central stations in the solar supply chain \u2013 from raw material extraction and processing to the production of solar modules.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"7m7d5b\" data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"592\">Key Issues in the Solar Industry<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"640\">There are risks along the supply chains, such as:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"755\">\n<li data-section-id=\"efretz\" data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"670\">violations<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1re8zrc\" data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"689\">Destruction of the environment<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1n2mwrn\" data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"713\">Lack of transparency<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"13ezm0l\" data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"755\">Insufficient corporate responsibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"7dex5w\" data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"805\">Why Voluntary Measures Are Not Enough<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1051\">Voluntary standards and certifications are often insufficient to effectively protect human rights and the environment. Companies must be required to identify, prevent and address risks along their supply chains.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1qif0c1\" data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1084\">What is Politically Necessary<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1128\">Fair solar supply chains require:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1361\">\n<li data-section-id=\"z2bmi2\" data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1198\">Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1bhowtb\" data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1226\">transparent supply chains<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1e5mwzm\" data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1263\">effective controls and sanctions<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1bl2f3q\" data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1308\">stronger circular economy and recycling<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1rr5fhg\" data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1361\">A socially just industrial and energy policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"6q55or\" data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1404\">Conclusion: Making the energy transition fair<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1640\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The energy transition must not take place at the expense of people and the environment. <strong data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1512\">\"Solar supply chains at a glance\"<\/strong> shows how the expansion of renewable energies can be combined with human rights, environmental protection and global justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/rohstoffpolitik\/\">More about our work on raw materials policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solar supply chains at a glance: Ensuring human rights and environmental standards along the energy transition Why solar energy needs to be considered more closely from the point of view of supply chains Solar energy is central to the energy transition. But climate-friendly technologies also have supply chains in which social and environmental risks can arise. What the publication shows The publication \u2018Solar supply chains in view\u2019 examines central stations of the solar supply chain \u2026","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":91317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[68,145,276,11,152,243,207,65,75,3,318,319,223],"post_series":[],"thema":[18],"coauthors":[87],"class_list":["post-91316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studie","tag-bergbau","tag-energiepolitik","tag-energiewende","tag-klima","tag-klimakrise","tag-klimaschutz","tag-klimawandel","tag-menschenrechte","tag-rohstoffe-de","tag-rohstoffpolitik","tag-solar","tag-solarkraft","tag-umweltzerstoerung","thema-rohstoffpolitik","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91316"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99246,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316\/revisions\/99246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=91316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}