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Training lessons on child labor, forced labor and human trafficking, presented from Winrock International and Lawyers Without Borders. Lessons 1 - 5.4

OFFSIDE Project official webpage.

Guidance document designed to complement the 17 tools comprising the Socially Sustainable Sourcing Toolkit (S3T).

This tool seeks to provide guidance on interviewing coffee sector workers about their recruitment-related experiences. Proactively interviewing workers on a regular basis can help coffee farms to prevent and address labor risks related to recruitment and hiring.

Spanish edition: This tool seeks to provide guidance on interviewing coffee sector workers about their recruitment-related experiences. Proactively interviewing workers on a regular basis can help coffee farms to prevent and address labor risks related to recruitment and hiring.

Spanish edition: The purpose of this tool is to help coffee companies with operations in Brazil to think more systematically about how to screen and select labor brokers* in order to reduce the risk of labor violations.

A newsletter reporting on COFFEE project activities and achievements, including: the development of a toolkit to improve labor conditions, capacity building, and pilot projects in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. This newsletter provides readers with relevant developments in the coffee sector, information on our recently launched open-source toolkit and online training modules, and updates on our pilot projects.

Tool 10: The most common way for an organization to understand and address labor issues in its supply chains is to undertake supply chain due diligence, a process by which companies can ensure that they comply with legal and code of conduct requirements. This risk management process is designed to identify, prevent, and mitigate adverse labor issues and other risks in all tiers of the supply chain.

Tool 11: Increased expectations from clients and consumers, coupled with expanding regulations on ethical sourcing in supply chains can create challenges for coffee companies, but also presents opportunities for companies willing to differentiate their business models and ethical sourcing practices. This guide proposes a simple framework for a voluntary independent verification system for coffee companies willing to leverage transparency and accountability as an integral part of their ethical sourcing practices and systems. If well-implemented, the framework will nurture innovation that can create a competitive advantage for the company and its supply chain partners.

Tool 12: Companies that export, import, roast, and sell coffee to consumers face increasing imperatives to report publicly on their activities and progress addressing human rights issues within their supply chains. Socially responsible investors focused on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria routinely evaluate companies’ performance on issues such as child labor and forced labor, with data on human rights and labor performance used to populate the “social” rankings within the overall ESG assessment. In addition, major voluntary frameworks such as the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) require regular reporting on progress toward specific sustainability and human rights standards. Mandatory due diligence reporting regimes on key issues such as modern day slavery and child labor are also increasingly being instituted by state, national, and international governmental bodies as a condition of operating, importing, and selling goods within specific political boundaries. Developments such as these make it essential for companies to be able to communicate clearly and regularly about their compliance systems and progress.