WBCSD member workshop: implementing strong human rights policy and practice across operations

The Global Agribusiness Action on Equitable Livelihoods Project (GAA-EL) hosts “train-the-trainer” workshops to equip agribusinesses to implement strong human rights policy and practice across their operations 

私营部门在人权方面的行动正受到越来越多的审查, exacerbated by concerns around growing inequality as a result of the global pandemic and within this year’s UN 食物 Systems Summit discourse. 消费者, 政府, and NGO advocates are calling on the private sector to take a stronger role in protecting human rights across agri-food supply chains. 公司 基准测试 is on the rise; investors are increasingly engaging with the social impact piece of ESG (Environmental, 社会, Governance) disclosures; and WBCSD’s new membership criteria requires companies to publicly commit to respecting human rights in alignment with the UN Guiding Principles and disclosing annual progress by December 2022.  

全球农业综合企业促进公平生计项目(GAA-EL) at WBCSD works with its members to tackle pressing social challenges in the agriculture sector, 包括尊重和保护人权. 建立在全面的 工具包 published in 2020 that aimed to foster alignment and scale action to improve human rights policy and practice in the sector, GAA-EL developed a complementary training pack for its members to customize and implement across their operations.  

A training slide deck with detailed speaking notes is now available for members, 哪些包含核心内容幻灯片, 视频, 案例研究, 以及一系列互动学习练习. 培训师可以为他们的农业企业定制材料, such as adding company branding and human rights policy information; selecting from the range of exercise options depending on the audience; and incorporating news coverage or 基准测试 results to add context. 幻灯片附有指导说明, offering training tips and templates like a post-training feedback form, and a suggested trainer job description and set of qualifications for companies to use when selecting their trainers.  

6月14日和15日, GAA-EL hosted virtual “train-the-trainer” workshops to present the materials to its members. Over 30 participants from 13 agribusinesses joined the sessions across geographies, eager to learn from human rights expert Louise Nicholls from Suseco who developed the content and delivered the workshops. Ms. 尼科尔斯给参与者讲解了培训材料, 使用互动工具让参与者参与练习单元, 提出了一个案例研究，将材料置于语境中, 并回答与参与者的独特需求相关的问题.  

接着是丰富的小组讨论. 尼科尔斯的演讲, helping inform how GAA-EL will focus moving forward to build capacity of its members on this critical challenge. Future workshops and materials may help members develop grievance mechanisms or engage with their suppliers on human rights, 例如. GAA-EL is considering bespoke trainings on salient human rights issues in the agriculture sector, 比如童工或强迫劳动.  

基督教的法典, Senior Manager in the Sustainability Department at Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited said of the workshop experience: “GAA-EL’s human rights train-the-trainer workshop succeeded in delivering a practical step-by-step guide on a complex (and often misunderstood) topic that is human rights due diligence. 辅以行业特定案例研究, the trainer contents will surely help sustainability teams integrate the practice in their operations.”  

林Mugiraneza, 奥兰的人权和包容经理, joined one of the workshops and underscored the importance of the resources to her company: “Training and engaging our employees on human rights-related issues is an important step in embedding human rights in Olam’s corporate culture and in respecting and promoting human rights in our operations as well as in our supply chains. 作为一项人权 & 包含经理, 这次培训使我能够更好地发挥我的作用, 在我们的业务中促进和领导这种对话. It was a good opportunity to meet other passionate people from different industries and to learn how they are dealing with this sensitive and yet complex topic of human rights in global supply chains.” 

GAA-EL’s resources will also bolster ongoing human rights work underway at Philip Morris International. Paulina别墅, Manager 社会 Sustainability Americas at PMI shared that the “session was very insightful. It provided a collaborative space where companies could share challenges and best practices. Most importantly, we learned how to effectively communicate on human rights frameworks. Implementing these learnings will certainly strengthen our current training set up.” 

了解更多GAA-EL在人权方面的工作, 或为独家会员访问培训材料, 请联系 梅勒妮·莱文.