Contractual Clauses Project

Introduction to the Model Contract Clauses (MCCs) for Human Rights Project

Providing a brief introduction to the MCC initiative, including its objectives, target audience, and an outline of some of the key human rights due diligence-aligned clauses.

Full Report: The Model Contract Clauses

Offering a complete introduction to text of the MCCs (starting at page 17). MCCs consist of 33 model contract clauses designed to integrate human rights due diligence principles into every stage of the supply contract and operationalize the shared responsibility between buyers and suppliers for the human rights performance of their contract.

How to Create a Human Rights Policy for Your Firm: Schedule P Building Blocks

While many companies already have committed to respect human rights in their corporate codes of conduct, many are looking for help in doing so in their supply chains. “Building Blocks for Schedule P” offers guidance on developing a human rights policy that can be operationalized contractually (referred to as "Schedule P" throughout the MCCs).

Executive Summary: Model Contract Clauses and the Responsible Buyer Code

Addressing some FAQs on why and how to use the "MCC toolkit" (MCCs, the Buyer Code, and Schedule P Building Blocks) and summarizing how human rights due diligence-aligned contracts compare with traditional supply contracts.

The Buyer Code (known as “Schedule Q”)

Buyers' purchasing practices can play a key role both in protecting and in harming workers. While most codes of conduct address the supplier, the Buyer Code (referred to in the MCCs as “Schedule Q”) sets out principles and standards for buyers (including brands) to better protect workers' human rights in their supply chains.

Drafting Document

A Word document designed for use of attorneys who are inserting the clauses into contracts, easy for cutting and pasting, with introductory text and many explanations stripped out.