We led an extensive human rights impact assessment (HRIA) to identify, analyse and prioritise the actual and potential impacts associated with the client’s global portfolio of assets – ranging from mine sites through to refinery operations. This included the application of a highly-structured, quantified scoring methodology aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Activities included:

• Primary risk assessment across a range of issues focused on workers, communities, third-parties and the environment – including latent country risk and multiple adjustment factors
• Analysis and rating of existing, cross-cutting management controls to better understand residual human rights risk – as well as potential management gaps
• Identification and prioritisation of actual / possible impacts, including – where relevant – known incidents and open allegations
• Selection of key operations / issues of interest for additional drill-down assessment and action plans
• Parallel assessment of the client’s positive impacts
• Consultation / feedback sessions with international-level stakeholders, ranging from civil society through to investors

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