HelpdeskWiMR

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Helpdesk on Business & Human Rights: As a free support service of the German Government, the Helpdesk advises companies of all sizes on the implementation of human rights due diligence processes.
More on us:
https://wirtschaft-entwicklung.de/en/helpdesk-on-business-human-rights/
#bizhumanrights
Positive Beziehungen zwischen Lieferant:innen & Käufer:innen schaffen? Das Toolkit für menschenwürdige Arbeit bietet Einblicke zur Verbesserung von Arbeitsbedingungen für Arbeiter:innen in der Lieferkette.
👉 Mehr dazu: https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/sustainableprocurement#
#ilo #UNICEF #globalcompact #bizhumanrights
Decent Work Toolkit | UN Global Compact

New Canadian law, includes e.g. transparency on "measures taken to remediate the loss of income (...) that results from any measure taken to eliminate the use of forced labour or child labour in its activities and supply chains" https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-passes-law-aimed-at-exposing-forced-labor-in-supply-chains-e13c289
#bizhumanrights #bhr #supplychain
Canada Passes Law Aimed at Exposing Forced Labor in Supply Chains

The law will require more reporting from companies, but critics say it falls short

The Wall Street Journal
How can you collect and organise #supplychain data usefully? The @OpenSupplyHub offers a solution: the open-access platform maps supply chains with the help of collaboratively collected data.
👉 Follow this link to access the platform: https://info.opensupplyhub.org/
#humanrights
What is Open Supply Hub?

OS Hub is an accessible, collaborative, supply chain mapping platform, used and populated by stakeholders across sectors and supply chains.

Open Supply Hub

Was will das Auditunternehmen für den Fall regeln, dass seine Auditoren fahrlässig oder wegen Bestechung falsch auditieren:
a) Es schließt jegliche Haftung und andere Konsequenzen aus.
b) Es will den Menschen ihren Schaden zumindest teilweise ersetzen (der höhe Nach oder nur bei grober Fahrlässigkeit).
c) Es ist immerhin bereit, auf eigene Kosten Followup-Audits durchzuführen.

Wer keine Verantwortung für Fehler trägt, will nicht gründlich arbeiten.

Wieder eine nützliche Hilfestellung des @HelpdeskWiMR: Wer einschätzen will, was ein Zertifikat taugt, kann die Fragen in dieser Checkliste abarbeiten: https://kompass.wirtschaft-entwicklung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Checklisten/KMU_Standards-Kompass_Checkliste_2_DE.pdf

Aus meiner Sicht auch noch wichtig:

What are potential CSR risks in my #supplychain? How can I deal with such risks?
Use the practical #CSR risk checklist and find out how you can influence the CSR performance of your suppliers: 👉 https://www.mvorisicochecker.nl/en/supply-chain-influence-checklist
#humanrights
Supply Chain Influence Checklist | CSR Risk Check

Use the interactive checklist to increase your influence in your supply chain. Learn to take more targeted action to influence the CSR performance of your suppliers.

Tin, tungsten, tantalum & gold - for these conflict resources (so-called #3TG), the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (#BGR) has conducted a study to investigate the challenges of implementing #duediligence in #supplychain|s: https://rue.bmz.de/resource/blob/116510/afd301c842aa02cff0aca65fdce03237/bgr-3tg-study-2022-summary-data.pdf
What is happening regarding #bizhumanrights in #Asia? The UNDP-report critically looks at developments in business & #humanrights and summarizes the views of more than 100 experts: https://www.undp.org/publications/reflections-and-directions-business-and-human-rights-asia-from-first-to-next-decade
Reflections and Directions − Business and Human Rights in Asia: From the First Decade to the Next | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP
Find out how to comply with the reporting obligations under the German #DueDiligence in #SupplyChains Act! Our advisor Michaela Streibelt will provide information on the reporting obligations in the webinar on December 5th hosted by Amfori and the Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien.
👉 Registration: https://lnkd.in/eqZiWrff
#LksG
Microsoft Forms

New❗️: National Baseline Assessment now available in English! How far has Germany come in implementing its #NAP on Business & Human Rights, which further steps & new challenges should be considered? 👉 To the English version: https://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikationen/detail/national-baseline-assessment-1 #bizhumanrights #UNGPs
National Baseline Assessment | Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte

The German Institute for Human Rights (Institute) was commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office in 2021 to prepare a National Baseline Assessment (NBA) for the update of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP).

Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte