"Human Rights Impact Assessment - Durex and Enfa Value Chains in Thailand", 2020

At the start of 2019 Reckitt Benckiser (RB) for the first time decided to commission a human rights impact assessment (HRIA). ...The HRIA focused on RB’s operations in Thailand and took a value chain approach to identifying and assessing potential and actual human rights impacts associated with two of RB’s important health brands in Thailand: Durex (condoms) and Enfa (infant formula and child nutrition). ...

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Durex...Key Risks and Impacts

• Livelihoods of smallholder farmers and tappers; migrant worker vulnerabilities; health and safety concerns; increased vulnerability of landless farmers
• Vulnerable conditions for migrant workers; health and safety impacts; inadequate housing for workers; freedom of association restrictions; rights of the child, right to protection of mothers before and after childbirth, right to privacy and right to a family life.
• Systematic overtime; living wage issues; unequal conditions for direct workers and contracted workers; repetitive movement and other health and safety concerns; ineffective grievance mechanism options
• Potential accessibility risks associated with price points; potential acceptability risks due to cultural context, stigma barriers, etc.

Enfa...Key Risks and Impacts

• Potential risks to the livelihoods of Thai smallholder dairy farmers
• Vulnerable conditions for migrant and female workers; health and safety concerns; freedom of association restrictions
• Systematic overtime; living wage issues; unequal conditions for direct workers and contracted workers; heavy lifting, repetitive movement and other health and safety concerns; potential cumulative impacts on communities; ineffective grievance mechanism options
• ...potential and actual negative marketing practices through promotional activities, cross-promotion, social media and interaction with healthcare system; health claims on packaging; unclear distinction in packaging

[The Thai version is available here.]