Criteria 6.1: Criteria 6.1: Respect for human rights
6.1.3 Policies and procedures are in place to implement commitments mentioned in 6.1.2 within the organisation and along its supply chains for natural raw materials, including through measures such as:
- the specific allocation of resources to fulfilling responsibilities towards human rights
- the designation of responsibility and accountability within relevant organisations
- the creation of incentives to empower individuals to respect human rights
- the creation of appropriate governance structures
- the rolling out of tailored and targeted training and awareness- raising programmes
- the implementation of structures (e.g. contracts, trainings, lesson-sharing forums) to enable respect for human rights
- the monitoring and reporting of the impact of these measures
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It is important to specifically address in the policies and procedures the following topics:
gender equality
discrimination
forced labour
child labour
workplace violence and harassment
For smallholders: It is not required to have written procedures and policies but a clear way forward should be defined on how to implement the needed measures as defined by the indicator.
See UEBT definition of 'smallholder' in 6.1.2 of this checklist or in the terminology section of the UEBT standard 2020.
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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 detailed information on the commitments and implementation of such commitments.
DOCUMENTATION
Review documentation that shows the implementation of relevant commitments. Check for detailed information on practices defined in indicator. Scoring guidance
0 - There are no relevant processes and/or activities that have been implemented to address the commitments in 6.1.2
1 - There are relevant processes and/or activities that have been implemented to partly address the commitments in 6.1.2 but this is not sufficient to score compliance
2 - There are relevant processes and/or activities that have been implemented to partly address the commitments in 6.1.2 and this is enough to score compliance but with clear room for improvement
3 - There are relevant processes and/or activities that have been implemented to address the commitments in 6.1.2
Score 2 to be reached by second year
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Importance Critical stepwise
ApplicabilityCultivation & wild collectionOaS |