World Benchmarking Alliance+NAT.C01.EE Commitment to Safety of Rights Defenders+methodology

WBA analysed all publicly available group-level disclosure in English on the applicable group website, which was predominantly annual reports and sustainability reports. Draft assessments were then sent to each company inviting them to provide feedback. This feedback could include additional publicly available group disclosure published. These were then reviewed and finalised. Final assessments were then shared with each company before being published online.

For this metric If the companies' commitment refers to ‘human rights defenders' but makes no reference to land/environment, it can still be considered met. the company should reference all types of attacks identified (acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment), however, this has been checked on a case-by-case basis depending on the wording used.

Keywords: land and environmental rights defenders, human rights defenders, land defenders, environmental defenders.