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Sustainable Coconut Gathering Indonesia 2026: Scaling Sustainable Value Chains through Partnership

Sustainable Coconut Gathering Indonesia 2026: Scaling Sustainable Value Chains through Partnership DIWA attended the Sustainable Coconut Gathering Indonesia 2026, held in Jakarta on 4 May 2026 and convened by the Sustainable Coconut Partnership (SCP). The event brought together government representatives, industry leaders, processors, traders, financial institutions, development partners, and sustainability practitioners to discuss Indonesia’s coconut sector. The momentum around … Read more

Insights on Effective Repayment and Ethical Recruitment in Palm Oil 

Insights on Effective Repayment and Ethical Recruitment in Palm Oil: Towards Robust RSPO Guidance for Indicator 6.8.3 Background  Collaborative investigations into forced labour issues in Malaysia’s palm oil sector in the last decade have clearly demonstrated that workers who pay recruitment fees face significantly higher risks of forced labour. Hence, incorporating the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) into recruitment systems and providing recruitment fee repayment as remediation emerged as corrective measures. The RSPO took further steps toward addressing this issue by including a new indicator (6.8.3) in the 2024 P&C which states that, “The Unit of Certification shall repay … Read more

Worker-Centred Alternative Grievance Mechanisms: Spotlight on Sabah, Malaysia

Worker-Centred Alternative Grievance Mechanisms:Spotlight on Sabah, Malaysia Grievance mechanisms are a critical part of human rights due diligence. Yet on the ground, many workers still cannot raise concerns without fear of retaliation—especially in sectors and jurisdictions where migration status shapes everyday risk. For International Workers’ Day (May 1), DIWA spoke with Lanash Thanda a representative … Read more

Partnership Announcement: DIWA × ASSC

DIWA（Dignity in Work for All）は、ASSC（The Global Alliance for Sustainable Supply Chains）と提携しました。
DIWA (Dignity in Work for All) has entered into a partnership with the ASSC.

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Women’s Lived Experiences Matter in Gender‑Responsive Due Diligence

Centering women’s voices and lived experiences, this article explores gender-responsive due diligence based on the firsthand accounts of Veronica Iswinahyu from Indonesia and Maecel Cayanan from the Philippines, Project Leads for Dignity in Work for All. With five and eight years at DIWA respectively, they have been conducting research and assessment with extensive expertise in … Read more

Sustaining Momentum for the Employer Pays Principle in Thailand: Cross-sectoral insights on collective responsibility 

Ethical Recruitment as a Key Norm  Over the last decade, Thailand’s seafood sector has faced international scrutiny for indicators of forced labor and debt bondage, in particular affecting migrant workers from neighboring countries including Myanmar and Cambodia. Industry platforms such as the Seafood Task Force (STF) responded by adopting a Code of Conduct and auditable standards that prohibit recruitment and hiring‑related fees … Read more

Dignity in Work For All Migrant Fishers

World Fisheries Day, November 21, is a day to honor fisherfolk and workers in the seafood sector. DIWA has been engaged with partners and projects in the fishing industry for many years, highlighting the key challenges faced by workers, including migrant fishers on vessels.

Palm Oil: Bridging Environment and Human Rights

With the RSPO RT in Kuala Lumpur this week, DIWA’s Melissa Villanueva reached out to Dillon Sarim, to get his views on the intersection of environmental issues and human rights in the palm oil industry.