Based on the findings of an ITF RightsCheck companies can work with the ITF to take actions to prevent and mitigate risks in their supply chains. Three examples:
Choose to move cargo responsibly
Engage with and build relationships with charterers, freight forwarders and logistics providers – who commit to moving cargo only on ships with an ITF Agreement, or national flag ships with an ITF-approved national collective bargaining agreement.
Write it into contracts
A commitment that isn't contractual isn't a commitment. Require shipping and logistics providers to attest to having ITF Agreements on their ships, make it a term in agreements, and require it to cascade to every subcontractor beneath them.
Make information accessible
An agreement a seafarer has never seen cannot protect them. Require charterers to ensure seafarers know their rights and that the ITF Agreement covering the ship is available to the crew on board, and available when ITF inspectors come aboard.
For the full detail, including guidance on crew management and addressing root causes in pricing and tender models, see the ITF's Human Rights Due Diligence Guidance on respecting the human rights of seafarers in Supply Chains.