Does completing the HRCA SA guarantee that my company is in full compliance with human rights?
The HRCA SA is designed as a self-assessment tool to be used by company staff or investment officers. Although the HRCA SA covers many essential human rights issues, it can not be seen as a replacement for the full HRCA tool or for an external audit. To improve the results, we strongly encourage companies to involve local stakeholders in a dialogue about the problem areas detected through the use of theHRCA SA, and have the results verified by an independent third party, to ensure that all concerns of the local population are duly noted and adequately addressed. Although there is no guarantee for full human rights compliance, the more pieces of the tool you complete, the more confident you can be in your company’s human rights performance.
