ADVISORY SERVICES
In 2021, the RBA delivered 25 projects across multiple regions, which led to a variety of positive outcomes for workers, including corrective action planning and implementation (e.g., remediation of recruitment fees), customized training (e.g., capacity building utilizing the RLI’s Responsible Recruitment Due Diligence toolkit) and new supplier evaluation and onboarding. In 2022, RBA Advisory Services will further scale its ability to deliver meaningful projects to member companies by adding capacity in additional regions as well as other project types such as standards benchmarking and gap analyses versus membership requirements.
RBA ADVISORY SERVICES PROVIDE UNIQUE, CONTEXT-SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR COMPANIES, INCLUDING CAPACITY BUILDING, DUE DILIGENCE AND REMEDIATION, THROUGHOUT THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS, CREATING SUBSTANTIVE AND LASTING IMPROVEMENTS
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The RBA and its members have made significant progress over the years in promoting a common code of conduct and due diligence approach that is effective and scalable. As the organization has evolved this discipline, we recognized that some members and their suppliers may need more customized assistance from the RBA based on maturity level, geography, operating environment and other important factors. Piloted in 2020 and officially launched in 2021, RBA Advisory Services was designed to provide this level of unique, context-specific engagement for companies, including capacity building, due diligence and remediation, throughout their supply chains, creating substantive and lasting improvements.
