Purpose & Summary

This Operational Guidance elaborates on the Accountability Framework’s Core Principles 2.1 and 2.3 regarding respect for internationally-recognized rights of workers for all production and trade activities in the forestry and agriculture sectors. These rights include provisions for:

1. No child labour
2. No forced or compulsory labour
3. Freedom of association and collective bargaining
4. No discrimination
5. No abusive practices or undue disciplinary procedures
6. Legal and decent working hours
7. Safe and healthy workplaces
8. Living wages and fair benefits

Recognizing that numerous guidelines and other resources already exist to support implementation of workers’ rights norms, the purpose of this document is to summarize established best practice and link to existing resources to learn more.