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
Have questions?
Want to learn more?
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RCP co-founders Sarah Dadush and Olivia Windham Stewart were named sustainability thought leaders in the Vogue Business 2025 100 Innovators list. Read more.
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A Norwegian government report on the 2022 Transparency Act highlights RCP’s work advancing cost-sharing and shared responsibility in human rights due diligence (HRDD). Read more.
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UN Global Compact Decent Work Toolkit for Sustainable Procurement: Chapter on Responsible Contracting (Feb. 2025). Access tool.
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Zero Draft Responsible Investor Model Clauses (RIMCs) (Feb. 2025). Access tool.
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"What the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) Says About Contracts" (July 2024). Read policy brief.
Upcoming Events
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Sept. 25 — Senior Legal Advisor Susan Maslow is participating in a webinar "Climate Change in Law Practice: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know," hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA). Learn more.
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Nov. 14 — Senior Advisor Ben Rutledge will lead a joint session with the Cobalt Institute on responsible contracting at the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) 2025 annual conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Learn more.
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