Task 2.4.1: Social sustainabilityThe major challenges in social sustainability of electric vehicles relates to human rights issues in the supply chain. Electric vehicles, similar to devices such as smartphones and laptops, rely on lithium-ion batteries that often need cobalt as one of their ingredients. Image: Fairphone, CC BY-NC 2.0Cobalt is a mineral that is found especially in southern Africa in countries such as Congo, where cobalt is mined often by hand in harsh conditions. This human cost in cobalt mining links electric vehicles to SDGs about Decent Work and Economic Growth (Goal 8) and Reduced Inequalities (Goal 10). To learn about the humanitarian problems relating to cobalt mining, read the following article from the Washington Post: The Cobalt Pipeline: Tracing the path from deathly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumer's phones and laptops.After reading the article, combine sentences about human rights in cobalt mining in the quiz below.Finish the sentences by choosing the most suitable option. 1: A lack of safety equipment (proper tools, hardhats, breathing masks) in cobalt mines can lead to… ____ 2: Cobalt mining exposes local communities to… ____ 3: Working as “artisans” means that the miners lack… ____ 4: Knowing the origin of cobalt in batteries is hard because… ____ 5: To solve the human rights issues in cobalt mining, companies can… ____匹配题