ReSource partners are proud to announce a successful demonstration of two of the first electric vehicle battery passports pilots. 

Implementing battery passports to provide traceability and transparency of the EV batteries supply chain from mine to battery is a major step towards improving sustainability and transparency of automotive, energy, and battery industries, supporting the global green transition. Both pilots were presented by the Global Battery Alliance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the 18th of January 2023. Further development and implementation of battery passports for EV vehicles is planned based on the results of the pilots.

The Global Battery Alliance is an industry collaboration platform of over 100 companies involved in the power battery supply chain with the goal of "help establish a sustainable battery value chain by 2030". The Battery Passport is the GBA’s flagship initiative, establishing a digital twin of a physical battery that conveys information about all applicable sustainability and lifecycle requirements based on a comprehensive definition of a sustainable battery, providing traceability of the power battery supply chain from mine to battery. The Battery Passport is designed to improve sustainability and transparency in the new energy sector and contribute to the global green energy transition.

The ReSource project, launched in 2019 by CMOC together with Glencore and Eurasian Resources Group, is a partner of the Battery Passport project. The project aims to promote the traceability and responsible sourcing of cobalt through blockchain technology, ensuring that all cobalt is produced sustainably from the time it is mined and processed to the time it is used in the end product. This concept mirrors the vision of the Battery Passport project to improve sustainability in the wider battery supply chain.

ReSource partners, in collaboration with a consortium of LG Energy Solution and Tesla amongst others, fully mapped and traced the cobalt supply chain from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo through each step of the supply chain to LG Energy Solution and the electric vehicles factory in China. ReSource traced 100% of the cobalt used in the battery, issued the battery passport, aggregated, and processed supply chain data and calculated ESG metrics. The pilots successfully met the battery passport data and traceability requirements defined in the GBA battery passport rulebooks on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs), Human Rights, and Child Labor. These rulebooks provide a standardized methodology of data aggregation and define key performance indicators.

Mr. Ruiwen Sun, CEO of CMOC, said: “CMOC and its global trading platform IXM are committed to responsible mining, processing, delivering and application of new energy metals. Bringing together all stakeholders across the world with this joint effort, a technologically advanced transparent and responsible supply chain will give end users greater confidence and consciousness when they consume the products made from raw materials supplied by us. We are very proud of the successful pilot of ReSource and looking forward to its large-scale implementation and application to a much broader scope in the new energy metals sector.”

ReSource will be a platform for the EV industry to provide physical tracking of battery metals and manage sustainability risks in a battery supply chain. ReSource is the only solution that announced plans to develop secure and reliable zero-knowledge proof of provenance of battery materials in compliance with both regulatory and commercial requirements. ReSource is developed by a consortium of CMOC, ERG, and Glencore with support from industry leaders such as Cobalt Institute, Responsible Minerals Initiative, Tesla, Umicore, and product development partner Kryha.