2024 September 19

Public bodies collaborate on supply chain responsibility in the ICT-sector

Electronics Watch is pleased to serve as the secretariat for three public buyer working groups collaborating to strengthen corporate accountability and promote the effective implementation of human rights due diligence (HRDD).

The participating organisations aspire to meet these objectives through the following means:

  1. Achieving greater transparency in high-risk supply chains.
  2. Supporting the increased use of worker-driven approaches to identify, assess, mitigate and manage human rights risks.
  3. Promoting shared responsibility in the supply chain and meaningful stakeholder engagement that includes rightsholders.
  4. Facilitating access to effective remedy for victims of harm and preventing retaliation.
  5. Promoting the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

The working groups enable participating organisations, listed below, to engage common suppliers on specific concerns and to drive systemic changes in the market.

Electronics Watch is a not-for-profit organisation that uses public procurement leverage to promote and protect the rights of workers in global supply chains.

Participating organisations (in alphabetical order):

  • Barcelona City Council
  • City of Copenhagen
  • City of Malmö
  • City of Oslo
  • Crown Commercial Service
  • Dataport
  • Griffth University
  • Hanze University of Applied Sciences
  • Jisc
  • Lancaster University
  • Region Stockholm
  • Royal College of Art
  • Swedish Regions' National Secretariat for Sustainable Public Procurement
  • Sykehusinnkjøp
  • The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management
  • UK Universities Purchasing Consortia
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