Human Rights Due Diligence
What is human rights due diligence?
Human rights due diligence (HRDD) is the practical process companies use to identify, prevent and address risks to people connected to their operations, supply chains and business relationships. It turns public commitments into repeatable steps: spotting where harms are most likely, understanding who is affected, and acting early—before risks become violations.
NomoGaia’s tools and guidance support each stage of HRDD, from rapid risk screening through in-depth assessment and impact analysis. Our approach helps teams produce clear documentation, gather credible evidence, and design processes that stand up to scrutiny from regulators, investors, workers and communities.
Why human rights due diligence matters
Risk screening is the starting point: a fast, structured way to flag where human rights harms are most likely across countries, sectors, suppliers, projects and product lines. NomoGaia provides practical screening tools and prompts to help teams focus limited time on the highest-risk areas—without relying on vague “heat maps.” The result is a clear shortlist of priority risks and business relationships that need deeper assessment.
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Risk assessment takes the shortlist further. It clarifies the nature of the risk, the pathways through which harm occurs, and the company’s connection to it—causing, contributing, or linked through a relationship. Our templates support consistent evidence gathering, severity and likelihood analysis, and prioritisation based on impacts to people (not just business exposure). This creates a defensible record of what was assessed, why priorities were set, and what actions follow.
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Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) are deeper, rights-holder-informed assessments that examine real impacts in context—especially where risks are severe, complex or contested. NomoGaia’s toolkit supports practitioners through scoping, stakeholder engagement, indicator selection and documentation. It helps teams move beyond compliance checklists to understand lived experience, root causes and practical remedies—producing findings that can guide decisions and withstand external review.
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See how human rights due diligence plays out in real decisions — from investment screening to project-level assessments in higher-risk contexts. These examples illustrate what “good evidence” looks like, where common blind spots appear, and how teams can strengthen decision-making, follow-up, and accountability.
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