Please access the following links for an abstract, Executive Summary, full 2021 Report and MCCs 2.0, Schedule P Building Blocks and Schedule Q:
A brief introduction to the MCC initiative, including its objectives, target audience and an outline of some of the key human rights due diligence-aligned clauses. Click here
Executive summary: An attempt to address some FAQs on why and how to use the “MCC toolkit” and a summary of how human rights due diligence-aligned contracts compare with traditional supply contracts.Click here
The Report on Balancing Buyer and Supplier Responsibilities in International Supply Chains with a complete introduction to the MCCs 2.0 and the text of MCCs 2.0 (starting at page 17) consisting of 33 model contract clauses designed to integrate human rights due diligence principles into every stage of the supply contract and operationalize the shared responsibility between buyers and suppliers for the human rights performance of their contract. Click here
Building Blocks for Schedule P (Code of Conduct, stating human rights standards and responsibilities): Offering guidance on developing robust human rights performance standards contractually. Click here
Schedule Q : The Buyer Code, stating the buyer’s obligations to follow principled purchasing practices to better protect human rights in their supply chains. Click here
Susan Maslow, Partner and Co-Founder of AMM, Vice Chair of the Working Group, will moderate a panel CLE discussion explaining the significant changes in the MCCs 2.0 to better reflect feedback and international mandatory disclosure and human rights due diligence scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM during the Business Law Section’s Virtual Spring Meeting.
Please feel free to contact one or more of the principals of the Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in Supply Contracts:
David Snyder, chair (dsnyder@wcl.american.edu)
Susan Maslow, vice chair (smaslow@ammlaw.com)
Principled Purchasing Project led by Sarah Dadush (s.dadush@law.rutgers.edu)
Principled Purchasing Project contributor Olivia Windham Stewart (Olivia@oliviawindhamstewart.org)
