Fig. 2. Geographic distribution of environmental social and governance risks.
a Global map of social and environmental hot spots and cold spots. Clusters of significantly low environmental and social scores (i.e., cold spots) and clusters of significantly high environmental and social scores (i.e., hot spots) are determined according to the sum of the six environmental and social dimensions. Mining projects outside hot spots and cold spots appear as black dots. b Global governance map. Source: Worldwide Governance Indicators, World Bank. c Top 15 countries according to the sum of individual mining projects’ risk scores and the percentage of main energy transition metal resources in each country. Coloured bars indicate the dominance of hot spots or cold spots in the country.