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Sustainable supply chains to build forward better: Decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19...- Final evaluation

eval_number:

3450

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3450

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Sustainable supply chains to build forward better: Decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19...- Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-05-05 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Enterprises

category:

Global supply/value chains

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comments:

This recommendation goes beyond the scope of this and future projects and beyond SECTOR. This is an important matter that will be addressed in ILO strategy on decent work in supply chains as adopted by the Governing Body in March 2023. The Strategy will guide the implementation of any new ILO project on decent work in supply chains.

action_plan:

The new project “Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future of Work” has allocated resources to assist ILO constituents and other key supply chain stakeholders in understanding the implications of mandatory due diligence in the EU and other key markets and to prepare them for the “new rules of the game”. The project will also seize the opportunity this development brings to promote the ratification and implementation of international labour standards.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

SECTOR

title:

3. ILO-SECTOR and EC-EaSI are recommended to establish a closer link between the next SSCBFB project and the EC’s Due Diligence Directive preparation and implementation to achieve more synergy between ILO’s actions on International Labour Standards and EU’s enforcement of mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence (mHRDD) to achieve lasting improvements in decent work conditions across global supply chains. This closer link should ensure that partners and stakeholders along the supply chains selected in the next phase of the project can take joint responsibility in ensuring that decent work conditions (and other human rights and environmental aspects) are duly considered and the costs related to achieving these conditions are shared along the entire supply chain. These closer links require more outreach of ILO-SECTOR, during the project implementation, to relevant EC-officers and programmes, lead buyers and responsible business networks in the EU.

project_symbols:

GLO/20/40/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16850

information_source:

Head Quarters

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