Battery supply chains now need a permission map

Battery companies are being judged through national-security, climate, labour and industrial-policy lenses at the same time.

The board needs a map of which evidence speaks to each audience.

Critical-mineral origin, subsidy eligibility, recycling claims and forced-labour screening should be organized as one permission dossier rather than four disconnected compliance notes.

The article can be expanded into a country-by-country matrix showing which proof matters to customs, climate agencies, procurement teams, investors and local communities.