The news article discusses the findings of a report which finds human Rights Violations and environmental abuses in two nickel supply chains in the Philippines and Indonesia. The report urges end-user companies, such as Tesla and Ford, to be responsible for the lower-level abuses and avoid associated risks. The mines in the two countries have direct adverse effects on local communities and the companies have allegedly failed to obtain a lack of free, prior consent from indigenous communities for mining their lands.

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