Core Principles
These principles serve as a guide for companies and others in setting, implementing and monitoring effective commitments on deforestation, ecosystem conversion, and human rights in ethical supply chains. 12 Core…
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How to Bake an Ethical Cookie
…it to more effectively fulfill their supply chain commitments? The Framework is a guidebook to ethical supply chains with three main parts: Core Principles, Operational Guidance, and Definitions. The Core…
Highlights from AFi Consultation Workshops Around the Globe
…expertise ranging from forced labor, human trafficking, conflict resources, labor rights, migration, and beyond, convened to provide input and advise on the Core Principles and Operational Guidance relevant to their…
Set Smart Goals to Go the Distance with Ethical Supply Chains
…by reading Core Principles 1-3: protection of forests and other natural ecosystems, respect for human rights, and specification of commitments. (Of course, it’s a good idea to read all 12…
Five reasons every company should use the Accountability Framework
…toward their supply chain goals. The Accountability Framework is made up of twelve Core Principles accompanied by detailed Operational Guidance and foundational Terms and Definitions. Topics range from supply chain…
Claims
…Principles 1-3]. If the commitment adheres to a portion of Core Principles 1-3 for one or more specific topics (i.e., 1.1: no-deforestation, 1.2: no-conversion; 2.2: rights of indigenous peoples and…
Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
…other Core Principles that have implications for these rights, such as Core Principle 7.1, addressing land conflict. In particular, this guidance focuses on the various fundamental rights of IP/LC that…
Self-Assessment Tools for the Accountability Framework
…This tool, covering the Accountability Framework’s Core Principles 4-12, may be used to assess alignment of policies, systems, and practices related to the implementation of company commitments (Core Principles 4-10)…
Supply Chain Management
…This Operational Guidance elaborates on the Accountability Framework Core Principles 4, 5, and 6 to provide companies that buy or source agricultural or forest commodities with guidance on effective supply…
Free, Prior and Informed Consent
…SR 7 (May 2017) (HCS Approach, SR); Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Principles & Criteria (2016), Principles 2b, 9a, 12a & 12b; Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of…
Remediation and Access to Remedy
…entire Accountability Framework, including its Core Principles and Operational Guidance. Of course, companies may define the term, or others (i.e., “complaints” or “claims”) as they see fit for the purposes…
Reporting, Disclosure, and Claims
…commitments. The following table identifies key systems and activities associated with implementation of commitments as presented in the Accountability Framework Core Principles. Companies are encouraged to report on the applicable…