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Grievance Mechanism Design

Establish effective operational-level grievance mechanisms that meet the UNGP effectiveness criteria, not just a hotline poster.

Scope

Design of reporting channels, workflows, governance, protection against retaliation, and the link to remedy — including how the mechanism talks to unions, community leaders, and buyer requirements.

Key deliverable

Grievance Mechanism Framework and Implementation Toolkit: procedures, intake forms, triage rules, and a 90-day stand-up plan.

Built for

Corporations, suppliers, and project operators who need a mechanism that survives a buyer audit and a community complaint.

How it runs

  1. 01

    Listen first

    How people raise issues today — informal pathways included. A mechanism that ignores those will be empty.

  2. 02

    Design to the eight criteria

    Legitimate, accessible, predictable, equitable, transparent, rights-compatible, a source of continuous learning, based on engagement.

  3. 03

    Govern

    Who receives, who investigates, who decides, who cannot be the investigator. Anti-retaliation with teeth.

  4. 04

    Stand up

    Training, communications in the languages people speak, and the first 90 days of case handling.

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