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Item 02 – Topic Standard Project forLabor – Proposed Advisory Groupmembership
For GSSB Approval
Date2 February 2023

Meeting16 February 2023

Project

Topic Standard Project for Labor

Description

In accordance with the approved project proposal, the GSSB established anAdvisory Group (AG) at their December 2022 meeting and appointed independent
experts with relevant knowledge and expertise to support and advise the laborTechnical Committee (TC) in the content development process.
This document presents an additional proposed membership for the Advisory
Group for approval by the GSSB.

This document has been prepared by the GRI Standards Division and is made available to observers
at meetings of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB). It does not represent an official
position of the GSSB. Board positions are set out in the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The
GSSB is the independent standard setting body of GRI. For more information visit
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1Contents
Background ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Selection Criteria ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Proposed Advisory Group Expert ........................................................................................................... 4

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2Background3

The GSSB approved the GRI Topic Standard Project for Labor-related Standards - Project proposal

4on 15 September 2022. In addition, the GSSB confirmed its intention to form an Advisory Group (AG)

5to advise the Technical Committee (TC) to develop the revised Labor Topic Standard.

6The AG will provide topic-specific knowledge to the TC to ensure a comprehensive review, with input

7and recommendations from all constituencies. The TC and Standards Division (SD) will ask the AG

8experts to support and provide specific content during standard and disclosures development.

9Furthermore, the AG experts will peer review the Topic Standards as part of the content development

10process.

11An open call for applications was completed in Q4 of 2022. Candidates applied on a personal

12expertise level by submitting a completed application form (please see Annex 1) and a copy of their

13CV. Selection was based on their input per the criteria summarised in the section Selection process

14and criteria.

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The SD was not able to nominate candidates yet representing the Africa and Latin America regions

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prior to the submission of Advisory Group Experts in the GSSB meeting on 15 December 2022. The17SD is making a concerted effort to identify nominations to provide representation of the Africa and18

Latin America regions in the AG. Via this document the SD presents an additional nominated AG

19expert for approval by the GSSB.

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Selection Criteria

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The principal criterion for selecting the experts for the Advisory Group was relevant knowledge and22experience of a broad range of issues and topics within the Labor and Human rights and sustainable

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reporting. When selecting suitable candidates, the following was considered:

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relevant and adequate knowledge of sustainability reporting on Human Rights and Laborrelated topics;

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related experience with multi-stakeholder initiatives;

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understanding and willingness to work in a consensus-based, multi-stakeholder working

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group;

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familiarity with the needs of users of sustainability reports and other reporting frameworks;

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knowledge of key human rights and labor authoritative instruments;

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represent at least one of the following constituencies: business enterprises, academia,

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mediation institutions, and investment institutions;•working level of English.

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In addition, we were looking for candidates with extensive professional experience in either the Africa

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Proposed Advisory Group Expert

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Below presents the background and experience of proposed expert for membership to the advisory39

group for GSSB approval. Personal information has been excluded.

Constituency:

Business Enterprise

Title:

Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, ESG & Responsible Sourcing

Organization:

Assent Inc.,

Region of Work:

GlobalExtract of background and experience:
A human rights professional whose work focuses on companies' ESG practices and their impacts.
They provide expert guidance to companies on integrating human rights considerations into theiroperations, including advising on appropriate due diligence measures to prevent labor rights
violations and on other social issues in the supply chain.
Before this role, they have undertaken roles as:-Lead specialist on human rights at AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, leading the implementation of thecompany's human rights strategy, following the United Nations Guiding Principles on Businessand Human Rights;-

Led the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's work in Africa, engaging companies
on their operations' social and environmental impacts;-Legislative Aide for the Nigerian Senate;-Developing the human rights and advocacy program for the Center for Development Action,Nigeria.

They hold a Ph.D. in Public Law (Human Rights) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa,
an MSc in Humanitarian Studies, and an LLB.

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