Policy commitment. 157. The NVB encouraged the adhering banks to fulfil the expectations set out in par. 3.1
Policy commitment. 171. The Government supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1 DBA and actively participated in their stakeholder consultations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored the Dutch translation of the OECD Guidance on RBC that provides further guidance on policy statements. The Government also gave feedback on the human right reports of some banks.
Policy commitment. 218. CNV supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1. DBA in a meaningful and practical way.
Policy commitment. 235. FNV supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1. DBA in a meaningful and practical way. It reported that it did so by supporting adhering banks in organising the Human Rights and Banking conference. However, it is not clear to the Monitoring Committee how this 2019 conference relates to the banks’ policy commitments.
Policy commitment. 257. Amnesty supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1. DBA in a meaningful and practical way. It participated in (consultation) meetings with banks regarding their human rights reports, it provided feedback to (draft or published) documents, and made recommendations related to both human rights policies and procedures. In the working groups Amnesty had obviously many conversations with banks on how to improve their policies and practices.
Policy commitment. 285. Oxfam Novib supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1 DBA in a meaningful and practical way. Together with the other NGOs, it provided the banks with specific advice on their human rights due diligence policies in the cocoa and palm oil sector. It provided tailored advice to individual banks on their cocoa sector policies and practices, as well as in a final NGO document that was shared with the NVB to which the NGO’s have yet to receive a reply.
Policy commitment. 313. PAX supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1 DBA in a meaningful and practical way. It participated in consultation meetings with three banks on their due diligence process and in several meetings with banks on specific themes and policies, such as mining, oil and gas, remediation, human rights defenders and controversial weapons. It also provided feedback on banks’ human rights reports.
Policy commitment. 341. Save the Children supported the adhering banks in implementing par. 3.1 DBA in a meaningful and practical way. Together with the other NGOs, it provided specific advice on the due diligence policies in relation to the cocoa sector. As the NGO’s did not receive a response to their recommendations, it is unclear whether the banks made any adjustments to their policies as regards the cocoa sector.
Policy commitment. 3.1. Most members of the NVB already have a public policy statement to respect human rights in which they have set out their responsibilities, commitments, and expectations in respecting human rights. To the extent that this is not yet fully the case, the adhering banks to this agreement will develop and publish, within one year of signing the declaration of adherence or by the end of 2017 (whichever is later), policy statements that include:
Policy commitment. General observations
