Business & Human Rights Resource Centre+MSA Statement Approval+methodology

Where the statement includes an explicit statement that it has been approved by Board of Directors select the "Approved by Board" option.

Approval for the statement can usually be found near the end of the document. If the statement has been explicitly approved by some entity or person other than the board of directors, please select "Approved - not by Board" and add the relevant sentence as a comment on your value. If no explicit approval can be found choose the "Approval not explicit in statement" value.

NOTE: explicit approval is not the same as signature - this is covered under the metric MSA Statement Signed.

If the entity has a sole director and the report names the sole director and clearly states that the statement has been approved by that individual as the Sole Director, please select "Approved by Board".

* Note on choosing the Year of your answer

Read the MSA Statement carefully to find out what year it covers.

When a statement is referring to a Financial Year (FY) ending in Q1 or early Q2, it should be labeled with the previous year. Example:

• Statement for FY2018/19 ending in April 2019 = 2018
• Statement for FY2018/19 ending in May 2019 (or later) = 2019