Describes Human Rights Due Diligence Process
Does the company disclose how it works to identify human rights risks, impacts and violations in its supply chain (its approach to conducting due diligence)?
About the data
Human rights due diligence is the process through which companies identify, prevent, mitigate and remedy their actual and potential adverse human rights impacts.
Methodology
In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company publicly discloses human rights due diligence processes.
Due diligence is the process through which companies identify, prevent, mitigate and remedy their actual and potential adverse impacts. Due diligence can be included within broader enterprise risk management systems, provided that it goes beyond simply identifying and managing material risks to the enterprise itself to include issues occurring within their supply chain and focuses on identifying the most salient risks to workers, farmers and other affected stakeholders themselves.
Start by taking a look at a brand's Modern Slavery Statement or California Transparency Act disclosure, due diligence processes and results are often there but can also be described in annual reports.
Where to look for this information:
- In Modern Slavery Statement or California Transparency Act disclosure
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
Good keywords for your searches include:
- Due Diligence
- Risk
- Risk Assessment
- Analysis
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD
- Priorities
- Identifying salient Human Rights issues
Due diligence is the process through which companies identify, prevent, mitigate and remedy their actual and potential adverse impacts. Due diligence can be included within broader enterprise risk management systems, provided that it goes beyond simply identifying and managing material risks to the enterprise itself to include issues occurring within their supply chain and focuses on identifying the most salient risks to workers, farmers and other affected stakeholders themselves.
Start by taking a look at a brand's Modern Slavery Statement or California Transparency Act disclosure, due diligence processes and results are often there but can also be described in annual reports.
Where to look for this information:
- In Modern Slavery Statement or California Transparency Act disclosure
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
Good keywords for your searches include:
- Due Diligence
- Risk
- Risk Assessment
- Analysis
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD
- Priorities
- Identifying salient Human Rights issues
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