Why Traditional Audits are not Sufficient for Human Rights Due Diligence
In today’s complex global marketplace, many companies operate without a clear understanding of the human rights risks lurking within their supply chains. To better grasp the risks, companies often make use of traditional compliance audits – a process that is too often a simple checkbox (or tick-box) exercise. True risk management requires moving beyond traditional models to develop a concrete, nuanced understanding of how labor violations can emerge at every tier of production—from raw material extraction to final assembly.
