Industry-wide human rights and child rights impact
assessment: Starwood Foundation, UNICEF and
Article One
Starwood Foundation partnered with UNICEF and Article One to conduct an industry-level
human rights and child rights impact assessment in a popular tourism destination.107 An
industry-wide assessment examines the actual and potential human rights impacts of a
particular industry within a geographical context, enabling stakeholders to see the ‘bigger
picture’ of an industry’s impacts.108
This assessment focused on operational hotels in three popular markets. The methodology
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the establishment of a Stakeholder Advisory Board
engagement with over 80 representatives from civil society, unions multilateral
organisations, government, suppliers and industry associations
engagement with over 350 rights-holders, including hotel employees, local children,
indigenous community leaders and trafficking survivors109
In addition to seeking to understand and address the human rights risks and impacts
of the industry, the assessment also sought to increase the tourism industry’s level of
understanding of human and child rights risks.110 As such, the project team engaged closely
with the International Tourism Partnership (now the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance) to
share findings and explore solutions.111
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