Human Rights Due Diligence Auditing

Service summary

A review of existing processes for identifying and addressing human rights risks in operations and business relationships. The audit examines responsibilities, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement and the evidence of follow-through.

The service gives management a clearer view of due diligence implementation and unresolved concerns. It does not declare the absence of human rights impacts or substitute for legal investigation and appropriate remediation responsibilities.

Key objectives

• Assess due diligence process coverage
• Examine risk and stakeholder evidence
• Evaluate escalation and response controls
• Identify implementation gaps in business relationships

Methodology

Selected risks and business relationships are traced through the organisation’s existing due diligence, engagement and response processes.

• Define operations, relationships, assessment framework and confidentiality safeguards.
• Review commitments, responsibilities and human rights risk assessments.
• Select significant risks and relevant relationship cases.
• Examine screening, stakeholder engagement and decision records.
• Assess escalation, grievance handling and documented response actions.
• Evaluate follow-up monitoring and unresolved evidence gaps.
• Report process findings while protecting sensitive stakeholder information.

Key outcomes

References: [G04]

• Human rights due diligence review
• Risk coverage findings
• Response and monitoring evidence
• Documented unresolved process gaps