The United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals suggest economic to social and environmental strategies to make this world a better place for both people and the planet. The green transition is a goal within the environmental sustainability constantly promoted by various agencies such as governments and car industries. Car industries are one of the main contributors to the green transition by manufacturing electric cars. However, there are critical minerals such as cobalt and mica in electric car batteries that are extracted from underground mines in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and India. These mines, mostly the ASM, illegal ones are employing children below the legal age to extract these minerals which in return cause numerous hazards, from physical to mental issues for them.

Child labor is against social sustainability and the 8th sustainable development goal of the United Nations. It still exists up to this day, despite the efforts and anti-child labor activities from the major stakeholders in the mining business. Since both environmental and social sustainability are goals to be achieved during this shift, we have examined the major stakeholder's opinions about child labor in these regions. Stakeholders' interest in the mining activities and their influence on policymaking made their framing both interesting and significant, therefore, we have explored their perspectives through framing questions in a qualitative, content analysis inspired by Robert Entman’s framing theory and Debra Satz’s dimensions of child labor.