Practical guide to human rights due diligence in sugarcane supply chains
Welcome to Human Rights Spotlight, a Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) platform in the sugar in Brazil
A guidance on how to generate human rights impact in the supply chain. You'll have access to practical and specialized resources:
Practical Guide and Roadmap: A detailed and systematic step-by-step guide covering the Policy, Identification, Action, Monitoring, Communication and Remediation phases .
Tools and Training: Practical resources for applying the methodology, including useful tools and online training that explains each step in depth.
Updated News: Stay up to date with the latest news and trends on corporate human rights.
Commit to prevention, protection of vulnerable groups, and respect for human rights
The commitment to respect human rights (according no National laws and international conventions) is the responsibility of all companies, regardless of their size, area of operation or location. In addition, there is a growing demand from various stakeholders (such as customers, civil society, consumers, investors, and governments) to companies to promote respect for human rights in their own operations and their surroundings.
Aiming to support companies efforts to meet their commitments to respect human rights, the Practical Guide for Human Rights Due Diligence in the Sugarcane Sector was developed, with the following objectives:
present the main steps of the Responsible Business Conduct approach, including: definition of human rights policy and commitments, implementation of the commitments through the process of Human Rights Due Diligence, and Remediation (see figure above)
Strenghten the capacity of upstream actors - suppliers, mills - to implement effective action to prevent and mitigate risks in human rights in their own operations and within the supply chain on its correct implementation in order to prevent and mitigate human rights violations in their operations and supply chains
provide a practical perspective on the application of this methodology within the context of sugarcane mill operations, taking into account the regional differences in sugarcane production in Brazil
The Guide is aimed primarily at sugarcane producers and suppliers, providing them with tools and resources to continously engage and respect internationally recognized human rights.
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Introduction
Responsible Business Conduct consider concrete actions that a company should implement.
Commitment to respect Human Rights: Establish the commitment to produce, acquire, and/or sell raw materials that have been produced in a way that protects and respects internationally recognized human rights.
Establishing a continuous management process:
Identifying actual and potential impacts on human rights.
Act according to the findings and embedding human rights into existing processes.
Monitoring the effectiveness of the actions to address the salient issues in human rights.
Communicating the actions being implemented to address risks and impacts and their effectiveness.
Establishing procedures and processes to enable remediation in order to neutralize and/or remedy actual impacts on human rights.
