United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
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Oct 7, 2026
Natalie GoodmanHOST
It just depends on where you're operating or selling into.
Natalie GoodmanHOST
So if you're in scope of the European or Australian regimes, what does risk-based due diligence actually mean in practice? I think across the board, the international standard is set by the OECD's six-step due diligence framework and the UN Guiding Principles.
Natalie GoodmanHOST
And we've seen this, for example, come out in the guidance for the forced labor regulation in the EU.
Natalie GoodmanHOST
The CSDDD, which you just touched on, Chris, has a large focus on stakeholder engagement as part of its due diligence process, and it considers it crucial for conducting supply chain due diligence and adequately addressing environmental and human rights risks.
Moira Thompson OliverHOST
So on the practical side, I think the first step is really risk-based supply chain mapping.
Moira Thompson OliverHOST
And we've seen, you know, many companies adopt this approach, not just through the legislative measures that we talked about, but also international soft law frameworks, Jasmine, like the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles.
Moira Thompson OliverHOST
So that means companies should prioritize their high-risk geographies, where they're sourcing from, and sectors.
Moira Thompson OliverHOST
You know, not looking at full chain visibility of everywhere that they procure their goods and services, but really focusing on those high-risk areas.
Kate Gill-HerdmanGUEST
Yeah, look, I mean, there's various degrees of maturity across Australian businesses, as there is in any regulatory kind of context.
Kate Gill-HerdmanGUEST
Look, I think the reasonable steps to fence will be in part based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which is the global baseline soft law standard.
Kate Gill-HerdmanGUEST
So if you're not doing human rights due diligence... and you don't have those frameworks in place, then you're not meeting your responsibility as a business.
Kate Gill-HerdmanGUEST
But that is not an enforceable standard.
Anna TriponelGUEST
It's a global benchmark for AI governance.
Anna TriponelGUEST
And it takes a risk-based approach, which is one that I really like, obviously, because in my work, we take a risk-based approach based on the UN guiding principles on business and human rights.
Anna TriponelGUEST
So it's really about, well, if you are using AI in a way that can be viewed as high risk, like in a high risk category, then you need to be doing certain things.
Anna TriponelGUEST
So the high risk categories could be things like if you're using it for recruitment and hiring and sort of the things that we know bias can be entrenched by using AI.
Anna TriponelGUEST
And I think the key is about the governance, like how do we strengthen our governance? And that's a really helpful feature.
Anna TriponelGUEST
But at the same time, as we just went into, it's not all rollouts of AI, where some might also have high risk, but aren't categorized as high risk under the Act.
Anna TriponelGUEST
And then when it comes to the obligations, they are helpful, obviously, but I think it's helpful to take a step back and put them into the context of what's happening right now in the world on risk management, which is that we have a framework for risk management of risks to people under the UN guiding principles on business and human rights, which is also being translated into EU law.
Anna TriponelGUEST
the EU CSDD, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which we also have talked about together.