SLCP launches new HRDD Toolkit to support human rights due diligence implementation
The new toolkit highlights how SLCP can be used to support human rights due diligence
The Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) is proud to announce the launch of a new Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) Toolkit. The HRDD Toolkit is designed to help companies understand how SLCP assessments can support them to implement mandatory HRDD and to respect human rights in their supply chains.
The HRDD Toolkit explains how SLCP's Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) is uniquely useful in supporting HRDD compliance. As it is critical for sustainability initiatives to be clear on which components of due diligence they can support, the HRDD Toolkit provides an honest depiction of SLCP’s tool, system, design, and scope to ensure that the approach aligns with the demands of the policy, guidance, or law.
With the expanding scope of human rights due diligence, more and more businesses in global supply chains will need to reinforce or establish new mechanisms to guarantee that they respect human rights. One foundational element of this is understanding the working conditions in facilities.
Going beyond voluntary frameworks such as the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the European Union, Germany, and the United States – among others – are enforcing mandatory requirements for companies to identify, assess, prevent, and mitigate their human rights impacts.
While the responsibility to undertake HRDD remains firmly on the complying company, SLCP, along with other effective initiatives, can provide support. Namely, SLCP assessment data provides a credible & actionable foundation for companies to identify human rights risks in supply chains and track & monitor progress.
The HRDD Toolkit aims to:
- Explain SLCP’s positioning against human rights due diligence
- Help users to better understand how the CAF can be used for undertaking HRDD
- Confirm how SLCP data is aligned with emerging policy demands.
- Provide clarification on the scope and limitations of the CAF
The HRDD Toolkit also reaffirms a clear message to users: SLCP is not a one-stop shop for undertaking due diligence.
Janet Mensink, Executive Director of the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP), comments: “The SLCP HRDD Toolkit reinforces the value of SLCP as a facilitator for conducting human right due diligence. There is a growing appetite from various stakeholders for clear, practical communication on how initiatives can support human rights due diligence. SLCP offers an effective tool for supporting due diligence. With over 75% of facilities who completed SLCP assessments in 2022 being repeat users of the tool, SLCP data can now be used not only to identify risks, but to track and monitor progress towards improved working conditions. We are pleased that the HRDD Toolkit provides evidence to demonstrate SLCP’s usefulness in this context”.
SLCP will be hosting two webinars launching the HRDD Toolkit on May 10th:
Session 1 - Asia / EMEA (EU focus) - 10 May at 10:00 CEST/ 13:30 IST/ 16:00 HK sign up here
Session 2 - Americas/ EMEA (US focus) - 10 May at 17:00 CEST/ 11:00 EST sign up here
