Corporate Grievance Mechanisms
This page contains a series of resources on Corporate Grievance Mechanisms produced by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice (CHRP), University of Warwick and US-based non-profit research organization, Nomogaia. These are:
- A video of the webinar 'Effective Corporate Grievance Mechanisms and International Standards' (24 Sept. 2024)
- A video of the webinar 'Enhancing the Effectiveness of Corporate Grievance Mechanisms in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (19 April 2023)
- Key reports, policy briefs and academic articles produced by CHRP and Nomogaia.
1. Video of 'Effective Corporate Grievance Mechanisms and International Standards (24 September 2024)
Speakers: Kirstine Drew (International Accord) Liselotte Goemans (Fair Wear Foundation) and Jessica Vasquez (Fair Labor Association). Chaired by Mark Wielga (Nomogaia).
2. Video of the webinar 'Enhancing the Effectiveness of Grievance Mechanisms in Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (19 April 2023)
Speakers: James Harrison (University of Warwick), Margarita Parejo (Nomogaia), Mark Wielga (Nomogaia)
This seminar presented findings of research investigating the grievance mechanisms of six leading multi-stakeholder initiatives; the Bangladesh Accord, Bonsucro, the Fair Labour Association (FLA), the Fair Wear Foundation, the Forest Stewardship Council, and the Roundtable and Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and made recommendations for how Corporate Grievance Mechanisms should operate in the future.
Powerpoint slides for this webinar are available here.
3. Key Resources
Key outputs which the CHRP and Nomogaia have produced during their research into Corporate Grievance Mechanisms include:
- A Nomogaia report entitled "Recommendations for Non-Governmental Human Rights Grievance Mechanisms"
- A Policy Brief which sets out the key findings of our research and 10 recommendation for enhancing grievance mechanisms in the future
- Academic articles which set out our key overall findings on MSI grievance mechanisms, our findings on the RSPO Grievance Mechanism, and our findings on the FLA grievance mechanism. All these articles are open access
- An academic article about the effect of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws on Corporate Grievance Mechanisms, and how they can become a progressive force. This is also open access.
- The Database of Grievance Mechanism Claims and Nomogaia Research Report
These resources are one aspect of Nomogaia and CHRP's empirical research agenda for business and human rights.