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Practical Human Rights Due Diligence for Procurement Teams

Human rights due diligence (HRDD) is increasingly becoming a core business expectation across global supply chains. Procurement teams are often central to this because of their influence over supplier onboarding, sourcing decisions, purchasing practices, supplier engagement, and ongoing supplier management.

This practical guide explores how organisations can move beyond compliance-based approaches and begin embedding human rights due diligence into procurement and supplier management activities in a practical and proportionate way.

The guide includes:

• an overview of HRDD principles,

• common implementation challenges,

• practical procurement considerations,

• supplier journey mapping examples,

• and key actions organisations can take to strengthen responsible sourcing practices.