For commodities, the extraction of raw materials such as conflict minerals, which is crucial to the green transition, may possess potential human and geopolitical risk which must be mitigated. Generally, Vestas will either be contributing to or linked to potential adverse human rights impacts associated with forced and child labour due to the complexity of our supply chain. Thereby, these potential negative impacts are concentrated in our upstream value chain across the short and medium term. These impacts could affect all types of workers, particularly vulnerable groups, such as children, involved in the extraction processes. The reason why children might be involved in extraction of minerals is due to their low weight and small build. Such involvement might potentially negatively affect their health and safety while also depriving them from education. Mining might happen in economically weak regions, distant and difficult locations with weaker presence of governmental institutions which add to the risk of adverse human rights impacts such as forced labour. Hence, Vestas has a specific focus on the extraction of minerals.