Human rights due diligence: a systematic approach to respecting human rights

Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) enables companies in the forest and agriculture sectors to proactively identify the salient human rights issues in their supply chains, their root causes and drive meaningful impact both within and beyond their supply chains to prevent, mitigate and remediate human rights abuses.   

This briefing note supports companies to understand the importance of using HRDD as a proactive approach towards ensuring people in and around their supply chains are able to enjoy their full human rights. It is based on key principles of putting risk to people at the heart of decision making; ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement; and embedding effective changes in the company’s own processes and supply chain.