The Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger is working with the Transparency Act to establish an overarching picture of the risk of violations of human and labor rights.
The Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger's work on due diligence assessments (Transparency Act) is based on the principles and guidance inUN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights(UNGP, 2011) andOECD's model for due diligence assessments for responsible business conduct(OECD, 2018).
(https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/utenrikssaker/naringslivssamarbeid-i-utlandet/innsikt/forventninger_retningslinjer/id2076270/)
The Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger is working to get an overarching picture of the risk of violations of human and labor rights. We use various sources.
The Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger uses the following sources in the initial phase, among others:
- Public list of high-risk procurements - Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DFØ):High-Risk List | Anskaffelser.no
- Overall CSR risk - MVO Nederland:Home | MVO RiskCheck
In further mapping and prioritization in the work with due diligence assessments, the Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger bases its work on the following:
- Labor rights:ITUC_GlobalRightsIndex_2021_EN-final.pdf (mutualcdn.com)
- Corruption:CPI score 2021
- Product list child labor and forced labor:List of GoodsProducedby ChildLabororForcedLabor| U.S. Department ofLabor(dol.gov)
- Equality:GlobalGenderGap Report 2021 | WorldEconomicForum (weforum.org)
- Country list several risk factors:BSCI score 2021
- Sanctions export (can be used for assessing import/procurements):
-Sanctions - regjeringen.no
-EUSanctionsMap - Environment:The 2022EnvironmentalPerformanceIndex (EPI)
The initial mapping work forms the basis for further prioritization of mapping and measures where the Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger has the most negative impact. Prioritizing the most negative impact involves directing efforts towards the risk of the most severe risks and violations of human rights, corruption, and the environment. Prioritizing risk does not mean that some rights are more important than others or that nothing is done about other issues. It means that something is so serious that it is prioritized first.
The prioritization is assessed based on three conditions/factors:
- Scale = Severity - The severity for the people affected
- Scope = Extent - The number affected
- Remediability = Reversibility - The possibility of rectifying – (e.g., if someone loses a hand or dies – the damage cannot be returned to before the damage).
The overarching risk picture for the Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger is based on the organization's areas of operation:
- Café and catering
- Fitness center
- Property management and development
- Housing rental
- Health services
- Administration
The results of the overarching mapping work show so far that the Student Welfare Organisation in Stavanger purchases products within product categories considered high-risk categories.
Overall high-risk categories to be identified:
- Purchase of construction materials
- Purchase of electronics and ICT
- Purchase of food and beverages
- Purchase of furniture, office equipment, and office supplies
- Purchase of kitchen and sports equipment
- Purchase of textiles, work clothes, and footwear
- Purchase of vehicles and other transportation
- Purchase of services such as cleaning, temporary staffing agencies
In general, we know that longer and more complex supply chains increase the risk of violations of human rights and decent working conditions. A significant distinction in the mapping is therefore based on Norwegian-produced goods and imported goods, where imports constitute a significantly higher risk in the mapping. This will be important for further mapping and prioritization of risk in SiS.