Mineral Origin Declaration on the Battery Passport

Due diligence is no longer optional. Annex XIII and delegated acts require mineral origin declaration — linking packs to mined or recycled sources with audit-ready documentation.

Passport fields

Capture country of extraction, recycled content share, and supplier certificates at manufacturing commit. Updates propagate to public registry — buyers and recyclers see chemistry summaries on marketplace cards.

Marketplace linkage

Verified Lane B listings expose element metrics recyclers use for yield models — see supply chain due diligence.