6.1.4

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 6.1: Criteria 6.1: Respect for human rights 6.1.4 Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks. To this end, policies and procedures consider the human rights due diligence process outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.	A local risk assessment process is able to identify, prevent and mitigate the potential issues on human rights and account for how the company addresses its adverse human rights impacts. The process is underpinned by engagement with potentially impacted stakeholders and other relevant stakeholders, proxies and experts. It includes the four steps of: assessing actual and potential human rights impacts integrating and acting on the findings tracking responses communicating about how impacts are addressed Actual or potential cases of human rights violation e.g., child labour, forced labour, discrimination and workplace harassment and violence should always be reported.	INTERVIEWS Interview HR responsible people and other relevant staff to ask what kind of commitment the organization has in place for this matter. During the interview, it is important to ask for detailed information on the commitments and implementation of such commitments. DOCUMENTATION Review documentation that shows the commitments. In the revision of documentation, check detailed information on practices defined in indicator. Scoring guidance 0 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 do not gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks 1 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess some information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks but this is not sufficient to score compliance 2 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess relevant information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks and this is enough to score compliance with clear room for improvement in the process 3 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks. To this end, policies and procedures consider the human rights due diligence process outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Score 2 to be reached by second year	Importance Critical stepwise Applicability Cultivation & wild collection OaS

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Criteria 6.1: Criteria 6.1: Respect for human rights

6.1.4

Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks. To this end, policies and procedures consider the human rights due diligence process outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

A local risk assessment process is able to identify, prevent and mitigate the potential issues on human rights and account for how the company addresses its adverse human rights impacts. The process is underpinned by engagement with potentially impacted stakeholders and other relevant stakeholders, proxies and experts. It includes the four steps of:

assessing actual and potential human rights impacts

integrating and acting on the findings

tracking responses

communicating about how impacts are addressed Actual or potential cases of human rights violation e.g., child labour, forced labour, discrimination and workplace harassment and violence should always be reported.

INTERVIEWS

Interview HR responsible people and other relevant staff to ask what kind of commitment the organization has in place for this matter. During the interview, it is important to ask for detailed information on the commitments and implementation of such commitments.

DOCUMENTATION

Review documentation that shows the commitments. In the revision of documentation, check detailed information on practices defined in indicator.

Scoring guidance

0 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 do not gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks
1 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess some information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks but this is not sufficient to score compliance
2 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess relevant information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks and this is enough to score compliance with clear room for improvement in the process
3 - Policies and procedures in 6.1.3 gather and assess information on actual and potential human rights impacts and foresee measures to address gaps and risks. To this end, policies and procedures consider the human rights due diligence process outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Score 2 to be reached by second year

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Critical stepwise

Applicability

Cultivation & wild collection

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6.1.4

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

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