Metrics
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World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company have a publicly available policy statement committing it to remedy the adverse impacts on individuals and workers and communities that it has caused or contributed to AND does the company expect its suppliers/extractive business partners to make this commitment?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company’s publicly available policy statement also commit it to collaborate with judicial or non-judicial mechanisms to provide access to remedy AND the policy statement include a commitment to work with suppliers/extractive business partners to remedy adverse impacts that are directly linked to the company’s operations, products or services?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company have a publicly available policy statement committing it to neither tolerate nor contribute to threats, intimidation and attacks (both physical and legal) against human rights defenders AND does the company expect its suppliers/extractive business partners to make this commitment?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company also commit to working with human rights defenders to create safe and enabling environments for civic engagement and human rights at local, national or international levels?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company indicate that a board member or board committee is tasked with specific governance oversight of respect for human rights AND does the company describe the human rights expertise of the board member or board committee tasked with that governance oversight?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Do Board members or the CEO clearly signal the company’s commitment to human rights (eg, speeches, presentations or other communications) by discussing why human rights matter to the business or any challenges to respecting human rights encountered by the business?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company describe the processes it has in place to discuss and regularly review its human rights strategy or policy or management processes at the board level or a board committee OR does the company provide an example of specific human rights issues or trends in types of human rights issues discussed at the board level or a board committee during the company’s last reporting period?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company meet both of the requirements under Score 1 AND does the company describe how the experiences of affected stakeholders or external human rights experts informed these discussions?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company indicate that at least one board member has an incentive or performance management scheme linked to the company’s human rights policy commitment(s) or strategy?
AND IF the company links its scheme to only one aspect of its human rights policy commitment(s) then this aspect must be one of the key sector risks the company considers salient IF that one aspect is health and safety, then it must include the health and safety of local communities or workers in the supply chain.
World Benchmarking Alliance
Is the criteria linking board remuneration to human rights performance also made public AND does the company indicate that it has reviewed other board performance incentives to ensure coherence with its human rights policy commitment(s)?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company describe the process(es) it has in place to discuss and review its business model and strategy for inherent risks to human rights at the board level or a board committee OR does the company describe the frequency of and triggers for reviewing its business model or strategy and potential impacts on human rights?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company meet both requirements under Score 1 AND does the company provide an example of action(s) decided as a result of these discussions?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company indicate the senior manager role(s) accountable for implementation and decision-making on human rights issues within the company?
Note: In order to get a score of 1, the company needs to meet the ILO requirement for own operations under indicator A.1.2.a (ie, the company has a publicly available statement of policy committing it to respect the human rights that the ILO has declared to be fundamental rights at work and explicitly lists them in that commitment)
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company describe how it assigns responsibility for implementing its human rights policy commitment(s) for day-to-day management across relevant departments AND does the company describe how it allocates resources and expertise for the day-to-day management of relevant human rights issues within its own operations AND does the company describe how it allocates resources and expertise for the day-to-day management of relevant human rights issues within its supply chain/with extractive business partners?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company indicate that it has an incentive or performance management scheme linked to its human rights policy commitment(s) for at least one senior manager AND does the company indicate that it covers at least one of the key sector risks that the company considers salient IF that one risk is health and safety, then it must include the health and safety of local communities or workers in the supply chain?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Is the criteria linking the senior manager(s)’ remuneration to the company’s human rights performance is also made public AND does the company indicate that it has reviewed other senior management performance incentives to ensure coherence with its human rights policy commitment(s)?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company describe how attention to human rights risks is integrated into its broader enterprise risk management system(s) AND does the company provide an example of this?
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company also describe how it assesses the adequacy of the enterprise risk management system(s) in managing human rights during the company’s last reporting year?
The assessment was either overseen by the Board Audit Committee or conducted by an independent third party.
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company describe how it communicates its policy commitment(s) to all its workers, including in local languages where necessary?
Note: In order to get a score of 1, does the company needs to get a score of 1 under indicator A.1.2.a (ie, the company has a publicly available statement of policy committing it to respecting the human rights that the ILO has declared to be fundamental rights at work and explicitly lists them in that commitment)
World Benchmarking Alliance
Does the company also describe how it communicates its policy commitments to affected stakeholders, including local communities and other groups AND does the company provide an example of how it ensures the form and frequency of the information communicated is accessible to its intended audience?