Responsible Trucking Partners to Disclose Critical Social Insights to Ensure Human Rights Due Diligence in Logistics
Thanks to the Spot-Check Tool and the Adequate Facility Checklist, the platform facilitated by CSR Europe collected the inputs of 1,000 drivers, 40+ suppliers of logistic services, and 50+ facilities on the most critical social issues plaguing the sector.
Register for the open webinar “Human Rights Due Diligence in the Logistic Sector” on 28 November at 14.00 CEST to discover the results and next steps.
With regulatory requirements on the rise to ensure human rights due diligence, Responsible Trucking partners Baton Transport, BMW Group, Daimler Truck, H&M Group, IKEA Supply AG, Iveco Group, MAN, Postnord, Raben, Scania, Volvo Group, and Volvo Cars are proactively addressing the social risks and impacts stemming from their supply chain operations.
Taking into account forthcoming measures like the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), partners developed and rolled out two tools to efficiently collect substantial data and valuable insights on the working conditions of truck drivers within their supply chain and that of their suppliers.
Map of the facilities covered in the Spot-check Tool database
On one hand, partners distributed a “Spot-Check Tool” directly to drivers. This easily accessible survey, developed in collaboration with CSR Europe, aims to evaluate the respect of basic human and labour rights as well as the adequacy of the facilities that the drivers relied on throughout their workday. The questions inquire about different aspects of drivers’ daily routine, from access to medical treatment at work to the obligation to drive beyond driving hours limit to return the truck. To have a more comprehensive view of the impact of their business, platform partners also invited their direct suppliers and sub-contractors to share the survey with their employees.
At the same time, partners developed and implemented the “Adequate Facility Checklist” to streamline the assessment of the hosting quality across a range of facilities, like access to drinking water, clean toilets, parking slot availability, as well as more advanced requirements such as easily accessible grievance mechanisms at facility level.
This extensive and concerted action allowed to collect precious feedback on human rights violations and social risks from 1,000 drivers, 40+ suppliers of logistic services and 50+ facilities. Alongside typical concerns within the road transport sector, including inadequate remuneration, imbalances between working and resting hours, and the scarcity of clean restroom facilities, other common issues have emerged. These include for instance the lack of awareness among drivers regarding their trade union and collective representation rights, as well as the absence of fundamental services like access to clean drinking water in the facilities.
JOIN THE UPCOMING WEBINAR FOR THE RESULTS
Responsible Trucking will present the results of this pilot projects at the open webinar “Human Rights Due Diligence in the Logistic Sector”, taking place on the 28th of November, at 14.00 CEST. Partners will also share the joint actions they will undertake to address the identified social challenges and ensure high sustainability standards by Tier-1 suppliers and beyond.
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