Requirements from international clients and investors
Preparing Brazilian suppliers for the due diligence requirements of European clients (CSDDD), the OECD guidelines and international investors.
Practice area
Business and Human Rights
We help companies, investors and institutions build due diligence processes, embed human rights in decision-making and develop trust with workers, communities and regulators.
Approach
From formal compliance to continuous management of risks to people
Human rights are about real people: decent working conditions, communities that are heard, territories that are respected. We combine legal rigor with the experience of professionals who worked on federal human rights policy in Brazil and as international consultants for the OEI and UNDP.
We help boards and committees move from descriptive inventories to a plan of priorities, with contractual clauses, supplier assessment and field verification.
Where we work
Challenges we help address
Preventing abuses
Early identification of labor risks, harassment, forced labor and territorial impacts.
Relations with communities and territories
Culturally appropriate dialogue with Indigenous peoples, traditional communities and neighbors of operations.
Effective listening channels
Accessible grievance mechanisms, with safeguards against retaliation and feedback to those who raise concerns.
Services
Key services in this area
Axis B · Diagnosis and Assessment
Strategic Human Rights Diagnostics
Maturity and corporate risk assessment aligned with the UN Guiding Principles and OECD guidelines, including Brazil’s emerging National Business and Human Rights Policy.
See details for Strategic Human Rights DiagnosticsAxis B · Diagnosis and Assessment
Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)
Assessment of actual and potential impacts on rights holders in infrastructure, mining, energy and sensitive value chain projects.
See details for Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)Axis C · Governance, Policies and Due Diligence
Human Rights Due Diligence Architecture
Design of processes to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for impacts, aligned with the UN Guiding Principles, OECD guidelines and European requirements (CSDDD).
See details for Human Rights Due Diligence ArchitectureAxis C · Governance, Policies and Due Diligence
Listening Channels and Grievance Mechanisms
Design and improvement of grievance and whistleblowing channels aligned with the effectiveness criteria of Principle 31 of the UN Guiding Principles.
See details for Listening Channels and Grievance MechanismsAxis D · Engagement, Territories and Fieldwork
Territorial Listening and Social Participation
Participatory processes and culturally appropriate dialogue in territories with Indigenous peoples, traditional communities and neighbors of operations.
See details for Territorial Listening and Social ParticipationAxis D · Engagement, Territories and Fieldwork
Decent Work Field Monitoring
Technical visits to construction sites, lodgings, harvest fronts and suppliers to assess adherence to decent work standards (ILO standards and Brazilian Regulatory Standards).
See details for Decent Work Field MonitoringAxis F · Culture, Training and Communication
Training and Capacity Building
Modular programs to train teams in due diligence, harassment prevention, rights in supply chains and disaster response.
See details for Training and Capacity BuildingBuild human rights governance in your organization
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