Developed by the Responsible Contracting Project and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), the Responsible Contracting Guide equips investors for their engagements with portfolio companies on how they integrate human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) into their commercial contracts. This tool comprises an overview of key concepts, a template corporate engagement letter, a model shareholder resolution, and corporate engagement questions and frequent pushbacks.  

What this tool offers

This Guidance is intended to help investors introduce responsible contracting principles into their corporate engagements. It includes the following four resources: 

a primer 

a template corporate engagement letter

a template shareholder resolution 

questions for companies and frequent pushbacks

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EXPLORE the four RESOURCES

For HREDD to be effective, companies should move away from the traditional one-sided, strict compliance model of contracting toward a due diligence-aligned model that is dynamic, responsive, cooperation-based, and supported  by responsible purchasing practices