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We hope the results of this exercise will help you navigate the Toolkit and understand how to advance your company’s human rights due diligence efforts.

1. Does your company have a human rights policy applicable to your suppliers of agricultural raw materials, and do you require your suppliers to comply with this policy through a Code of Conduct or other standards?

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2. Which of the following measures do you take to hold your suppliers accountable for human rights performance?

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3. Who is accountable for the company's human rights performance, including integration of human rights metrics in their employee performance standards?

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4. Do you know what human rights violations (e.g. child labor, forced labor, gender equality, and health and safety conditions, violations of indigenous rights, etc.) are most likely to occur in your company's agricultural operations and supply chains?

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5. Has the company established specific objectives, metrics, and targets for addressing its human rights risks in agricultural operations and supply chains?

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If company staff at global level (executives, managers, functional staff) have not yet received training on human rights issues, see Component 1.4 for guidance on training for this target group.

If company staff in countries of agricultural raw materials sourcing have not yet received training on human rights issues, see Component 1.4 for guidance on training for this target group.

If Tier 1 supplier staff in countries of agricultural raw materials sourcing have not yet received training on human rights issues, see Component 3.5 for guidance on training for this target group.

If suppliers at first mile level (mills, cooperatives, first-level processors, etc.) have not yet received training on human rights issues, see Component 3.5 for guidance on training for this target group.

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6. In the company's operations and supply chains, which of the following groups have expertise on, or have been trained on, human rights risks (e.g. child labor, forced labor, gender equality, and health and safety conditions)?

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7. Does the company collaborate with multi-stakeholder initiatives, peer companies, or other third parties to address root causes or other challenging issues related to human rights risks?

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8. Do stakeholders in your agricultural operations and supply chains who may be vulnerable to human rights risks have access to grievance mechanisms?

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9. What type of farm monitoring do you use to understand risks or incidents of human rights violations on the farms in your supply chains?

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10. Do the relevant employees in your company know the appropriate steps to take if a human rights violation occurs in your supply chain?

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11. What does your company consider to be its role in remediating human rights harms in the first mile of agricultural supply chains?

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12. Which of the following do you report in a sustainability report, annual report or other public communication?

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