Sources
We list credible and independent sources that you can use to identify and assess adverse impacts.
Under guidelines and topic-wide support, you will find the international frameworks that form the basis of the work on due diligence. You will also find the UN and ILO convention databases and legislative databases, information on global mineral production, and topic-wide sources.
We have also listed sources for assessing human rights, workers’ rights, the environment, and business ethics, as well as for identifying particularly vulnerable groups.
Finally, we have compiled links to global unions.
Guidelines and topic-wide support
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: An Interpretive Guide
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment & Footwear Sector
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
- OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
- ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
- Children’s Rights and Business Principles
- UN Treaty Body Database (ratifications by country)
- ILO NORMLEX (ratifications by country)
- ILO NATLEX (database with national labor law legislation)
- The institute against bribery business code
- International Chamber of Commerce anti-corruption website
- CSR Risk Check
- U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries
- European Commission Raw Materials Information System
- Transition Minerals Tracker (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre)
- OECD Watch Complaints Database
- Global Witness
- Supply Trace
- Open Suppy Hub
Human Rights
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- Human Rights Watch World Report (information for each country)
- Amnesty International A-Z of countries and regions
- Freedom House Countries and Territories
- World Justice Rule of Law Index
- Human Rights Measurement Initiative Rights Tracker
- UNDP Global Human Development Indicators
- World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators
- Land Matrix Initiative
- 2025 Rule of Law Report – European Commission
- V-Dem
Workers’ rights
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report
- Responsible Sourcing Tool
- Global Slavery Index
- Forced Labour Observatory
- U.S. Department of Labor’s Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
- ITUC Global Rights Index
- ILO Statistics on Safety and Health at Work
- ILO Statistics on Working Time
- ILO Statistics on Wages
- WageIndicator
- Global Life-Work Balance Index
The environment
- Environmental Performance Index
- WWF Risk Filter Suite (Biodiversity & Water)
- Thomson Reuters Practical Law Environmental Global Guide
- OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
- EU DEVCO Country Environmental Profile
- Environmental Justice Atlas
- Global Forest Watch
- Climate TRACE
- Global Forest Watch
- Trase
Business ethics
- Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index
- GAN Integrity Risk and Compliance Portal
- Country reports on the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
- U.S. Department of State’s Investment Climate Statements
- OECD Competition Assessment Reviews
- Tax Justice Network Financial Secrecy Index
Particularly vulnerable groups
- Human Rights Measurement Initiative Rights Tracker
- Gender Inequality Index
- Children’s Rights and Business Atlas
- World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
- Indigenous Navigator
- Peoples under Threat
- CIVICUS Monitor
- Civic Freedoms & HRD Data (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre)
- ILO Statistics on International Labor Migration
- ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers
- Migrant Integration Policy Index
- Fragile States Index
- CrisisWatch
Global unions
- International Trade Union Confederation
- Building and Wood Workers International
- IndustriAll
- International Transport Workers’ Federation
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations
- UNI Global Union