This online toolkit for organisations who are working in waste and recycling value chains enables simpler collection and analysis of key data. Enhanced participatory approaches will support more effective human rights impact and risk assessment management.
There are at least 20 million waste pickers across the world. They are vulnerable to severe human rights impacts while carrying out vital environmental and public health work.
Toolkit Overview
This three-stage company toolkit was prepared by First Mile in collaboration with Tearfund. It supports businesses in implementing the Fair Circularity Principles by:
- mapping their value chains
- assessing and analysing human rights risks and their root causes
- engaging with waste pickers to ensure human rights impacts are prevented, mitigated and remedied
- providing a monitoring and evaluation framework
- applying a gender lens throughout the process
The NGO and social enterprise toolkit offers similar guidance and templates, designed with the needs of organisations working within waste and recycling value chains in mind.
Data visualisation dashboards are available to support data analysis and action planning to mitigate risks and impacts to waste pickers. The online toolkit is designed to be used in conjunction with the manual downloadable documents as key preparation and guidance materials.
