Under the legally binding human rights due diligence (HRDD) agreement, Asos and ITF will work closely to implement HRDD across Asos’ transport operations and logistics.
This initiative is expected to ensure adherence to human rights standards and promote sustainability throughout the retailer’s supply chain network.
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The ITF will provide guidance to Asos in shaping its HRDD policies, identifying potential risks, and devising strategies to avoid or mitigate them.
Furthermore, in cases where rights infringements occur, the federation will aid in determining appropriate remedies.
Asos has committed to extending its efforts beyond its direct operations by engaging with brand partners.
Asos and ITF will collaborate with brand partners to provide resources and educational tools focused on HRDD in the context of transport and logistics.
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By GlobalDataITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “Asos has been leading the charge from businesses that demand better protection for people and planet through human rights due diligence. So, we’re delighted to team up with Asos in order to raise the bar globally for the transport workers who keep our world moving.
“Agreements like this are helping the ITF to shift the dial on the protection of transport workers’ rights. But we can only do this in tandem with pioneering, progressive businesses like Asos, who are ready to push far beyond the minimum of what’s legally required of them.”
Asos and the ITF will collaborate on addressing climate change and promoting gender equality, which are crucial issues impacting transport and logistics workers within Asos’ global supply chain, including both directly operated and subcontracted transport operations.
Asos chief executive officer José Antonio Ramos Calamonte said: “Our new agreement with ITF will enable us to take our work even further and extend our action to protecting and improving the human rights of workers in our transport and logistics supply chain, reducing risk and improving supply chain resilience while delivering positive change for the people supporting our business.”
Key elements of the HRDD conduct under this agreement include adherence to ITF’s Supply Chain Human Rights Principles and its Eight Principles for Decent Work in Warehousing, Distribution, and Logistics. A worker-centered monitoring and compliance mechanism based on ITF’s HRDD Guidance will be established.
Additionally, there will be provisions for remediation of rights violations through collective bargaining where appropriate.
Asos also intends to foster mature industrial relations within its operations and supply chains, granting ITF affiliates access to transport and logistics suppliers and workplaces within its supply chains where feasible.
Moreover, Asos will recognise the ITF as a key stakeholder in legislative matters related to the human rights of transport and logistics workers within both its directly managed and subcontracted supply chain operations.
Asos further pledges to collaborate with the ITF, where feasible, in both national and international advocacy efforts aimed at upholding high standards throughout transport supply chains.
“There’s no doubt that Asos is leading the way in ensuring rights are protected in the ‘goods not for resale’ (GNFR) part of its supply chain. Many businesses are far too slow at prioritising GNFR and what it can mean for protecting millions of workers worldwide from rights abuses,” added Cotton.
