RCP Explainer Video:
Contracts as Tools for Meeting Sustainability Standards
This RCP Explainer video provides an introduction to Responsible Contracting, explaining how companies can use contracts to support better outcomes for human rights and the environment and meet evolving legal requirements related to human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) and forced labor in the EU and the US.
What you'll learn:
✔ Why contracts matter for achieving human rights and environmental (HRE) standards and builds resilient supply chains
✔ Shortcomings of traditional contracts and the risks of one-sided HRE obligations
✔ The core principles of Responsible Contracting and an overview of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD)egal compliance and builds resilient supply chains
✔ Legal requirements under: The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the EU Forced Labor Regulation, and US trade laws, including the Tariff Act and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
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Sarah Dadush – Professor and Founding Director, RCP, Rutgers Law School
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Claire Bright – Associate Professor and Founding Director, Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, NOVA School of Law, and Senior BHR Advisor, RCP
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Daniel Schönfelder – Lead European Legal Advisor, RCP
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Chavi Keeney Nana – Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School, and US Legal Advisor, RCP
Latest News
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May 1 — RCP published a new analysis of the CSDDD and contracting in light of Omnibus I on the Oxford Business Law Blog: Moving Toward Shared Responsibility: How the EU’s CSDDD and Omnibus I Reimagine Contracting for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence. Also available as a PDF.
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April 27 — RCP Director Sarah Dadush and Senior Advisor John Sherman co-authored an essay for Shift's series marking the 15th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), titled, From Social Norm to Legal Practice: Fifteen Years of Integrating the UNGPs into Business Law.
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April 9 — RCP has launched its latest tool, the Responsible Contracting in Spice Supply Chains Guidance, developed in collaboration with the Sustainable Spice Initiative (SSI).
Events
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May 2026 — Check back soon for updates!
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