Responsible Supply Chains: Civil Society Response to the G7 Ise-Shima Leaders\u2019 Declaration<\/strong><\/p>\nWe, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our profound disappointment that the issue\u00a0of \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d was given short shrift at the Ise-Shima G7 Summit, despite the\u00a0pressing nature of the issue.<\/p>\n
The issue of \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d was examined in detail at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau\u00a0in 2015, when the G7 countries committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human\u00a0Rights. The G7 leaders also stressed, inter alia, the need to increase transparency, to strengthen\u00a0grievance mechanisms to promote better working conditions, and for the private sector to\u00a0implement human rights due diligence.<\/p>\n
Despite the measures taken by some G7 countries as outlined in the Progress Report submitted to\u00a0Ise-Shima, the reality is that the global supply chain continues to be plagued by human rights\u00a0violations, damage to the environment, and poor working conditions. Civil society called repeatedly\u00a0for the Ise-Shima Summit to take a hard look at this reality, and for the G7 countries to renew their\u00a0commitment to take effective, meaningful measures. Nevertheless, \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d was\u00a0not even included in the Ise-Shima agenda, and the final declaration includes only a brief reference\u00a0in the section on trade that the G7 will \u201ccontinue to strive for better application of internationally\u00a0recognized labour, social and environmental standards in global supply chains\u201d. Such a passing\u00a0mention cannot be said to be sufficient, and it does not appear that the issue was discussed in any\u00a0detail.<\/p>\n
We therefore renew our call on the G7 governments to take the following actions:<\/p>\n
\u30fb\u0001Ensure that the G7 takes measures towards full implementation of the commitments that\u00a0were made at Schloss Elmau. Furthermore, ensure that the G7 countries collect necessary\u00a0data and conduct a clear evaluation in line with the index described in the Ise-Shima\u00a0Progress Report, for reporting at the next G7.
\n\u30fbHighlight the critical importance of transparency in supply chains, which facilitates respect\u00a0and protection for labor rights.
\n\u0001\u30fbImplement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by developing\u00a0substantive National Action Plans on the basis of meaningful consultations with all\u00a0stakeholders.
\n\u0001\u30fbStrengthen the system of National Contact Points (NCPs) for grievance redress by making\u00a0NCP peer reviews mandatory.
\n\u30fbTake effective measures to address the erosion of social protection of workers and the risk of\u00a0child labour in global supply chains.<\/p>\n
We are disappointed that Japan, the chair of the Ise-Shima Summit, did not take an active role in\u00a0addressing responsible supply chains. We urge that Japan, which has not yet started the\u00a0preparation process of developing a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, to engage\u00a0in this process without delay. Development of a National Action Plan is especially urgent in the\u00a0case of Japan, which will host the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n
We will continue to call for examination of the responsible supply chains issue at the next G7\u00a0Summit, in Italy. Moreover, we urge the G7 countries to create a mechanism for meaningful\u00a0engagement with all relevant stakeholders including civil society including the affected people,\u00a0NGOs, international trade unions and labour rights groups, before, during, and after G7 Summits.<\/p>\n
June 10, 2016
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Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center
\n\u0002Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\n\u0002CSO Network Japan
\n\u0002Human Rights Now
\n\u0002Human Rights Watch
\n\u0002Save the Children Japan
\n\u0002World Vision Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Human Rights Now, Tokyo-based international human rights NGO, released a joint statement \u201cResponsible Supply Chains: Civil Society Response to the G7 Ise-Shima Leaders\u2019 Declaration\u201d with other civil society organizations on June 10, 2016. Download the Statement\u00a0Statement_RSC_ENG160610\u00a0[PDF] Responsible Supply Chains: Civil Society Response to the G7 Ise-Shima Leaders\u2019 Declaration We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our profound disappointment that the issue\u00a0of \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d was given short shrift at the Ise-Shima G7 Summit, despite the\u00a0pressing nature of the issue. The issue of \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d was examined in detail at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau\u00a0in 2015, when the G7 countries committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[143,105,12],"countries":[248],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statement","tag-business-and-human-rights","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-economic-social-and-cultural-rights","countries-japan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2986,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}