Indicates whether the organization has a written policy against child labor and a system to monitor compliance with this policy.
Organizations should footnote the relevant details and description of their child labor policy, including details of how it is enforced.
This metric is intended to capture the organization’s policy on child labor. For further guidance, organizations can refer to International Labour Organization standards (http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/ILOconventionsonchildlabour/lang--en/index.htm) and guidelines (http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/WCMS_IPEC_PUB_27555/lang--en/index.htm).
This is a submetric of Forced Labor Policy (OI9650), which has 0 other related submetrics.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
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March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name and definition language in order to align consistency of metric with catalog's structure and style.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
No change.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
New metric. Child Labor Policy (OI4432) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Development Group.
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