RSB principle on Human and labor rights

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The RSB has released "Version One" of the "Principles on Sustainable Biofuel Production"
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RSB principles
and criteria (Version 0) 		edit

Quick links to each principle
and its associated discussion page:
  1. Legality (Discussion)
  2. Consultation (Discussion)
  3. Climate change (Discussion)
  4. Human & labor rights (Discussion)
  5. Rural & social development (Discussion)
  6. Food security (Discussion)
  7. Conservation (Discussion)
  8. Soil (Discussion)
  9. Water (Discussion)
  10. Air (Discussion)
  11. Technologies, etc. (Discussion )
  12. Land rights (Discussion)

(To comment on this principle, and its associated criteria and guidance, please use the Discussion Page.)

PRINCIPLE
4. Biofuel production shall not violate human rights or labor rights, and shall ensure decent work and the well-being of workers.
Key guidance: Key international conventions such as the ILO’s core labor conventions and the UN Declaration on Human Rights shall form the basis for this principle. Employees, contracted labour, small outgrowers, and employees of outgrowers shall all be accorded the rights described below. ‘Decent work’, as defined by the ILO, will be the aspirational goal for this principle.

CRITERIA

  • 4.a Workers will enjoy freedom of association, the right to organise, and the right to collectively bargain.

Key guidance: In countries where the law prevents collective bargaining or unionisation, special measures must be developed within the framework of the project implementation plan to ensure that workers can engage with the project owners or partners while being protected from breaking the law.

  • 4.b No slave labour or forced labour shall occur.
  • 4.c No child labour shall occur, except on family farms and then only when work does not interfere with the child’s schooling.
  • 4.d Workers shall be free of discrimination of any kind, whether in employment or opportunity, with respect to wages, working conditions, and social benefits.
  • 4.e Workers' wages and working conditions shall respect all applicable laws and international conventions, as well as all relevant collective agreements. They shall also be determined by reference to, at a minimum, the conditions established for work of the same character or offered by comparable employers in the country concerned.
  • 4.f Conditions of occupational safety and health for workers and communities shall follow internationally-recognised standards.

Key guidance: Applicable standards will be referenced by the RSB in the full guidance.

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