trade union of their choice without fear of intimidation Verifiers: or reprisal. This will at a Interviews with forest minimum will comply with managers, workers, and labour ILO Convention No. 87, representatives. where applicable. 4.3.2. Collective bargaining Applicability note: ILO with representative trade Convention 98 applies to unions shall be carried out in private enterprises. good faith and with best Government agencies may be efforts to come to an covered under national or agreement. This will at a regional legislation. minimum comply with ILO Convention No. 98, where applicable. 4.3.3. The FME shall have Verifiers: documented procedures to: Interviews with forest a) investigate objectively managers, workers, and and transparently the issues labour representatives. and discrepancies raised by Management plans workers and / or their SOPs organizations; and b) Note: National legislation or conduct conflict resolution. processes may be cited if they comply with this indicator. C4.4. Management planning and operations incorporate the results of evaluations of social impact. Consultations shall be maintained with people and groups (both men and women) directly affected by management operations. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Evaluation Team Conformance Notes (C, NC or NA) 4.4.1. FME conduct a Verifiers: social impact assessment Records of stakeholder that: communication; Identifies affected Stakeholder lists; groups; Documented results of Includes consultation social impact assessment; with affected groups Interviews with affected (both men and women); stakeholder groups Identifies main impacts of management Note: For an area to be activities on groups considered of special value in cooperation with there should be broad support them; and from stakeholder groups and/ Identifies any areas of or evidence of its historical special economic, importance should be ecological, cultural or presented. Multiple spiritual value of
trade union of their choice without fear of intimidation or reprisal. This will at a minimum will comply with ILO Convention No. 87, where applicable. Verifiers: Interviews with forest managers, workers, and labour representatives. Applicability note: ILO Convention 98 applies to private enterprises. Government agencies may be covered under national or regional legislation. 4.3.2. Collective bargaining with representative trade unions shall be carried out in good faith and with best efforts to come to an agreement. This will at a minimum comply with ILO Convention No. 98, where applicable. 4.3.3. The FME shall have documented procedures to: a) investigate objectively and transparently the issues and discrepancies raised by workers and / or their organizations; and b) conduct conflict resolution. Verifiers: Interviews with forest managers, workers, and labour representatives. Management plans SOPs Note: National legislation or processes may be cited if they comply with this indicator. C4.4. Management planning and operations incorporate the results of evaluations of social impact. Consultations shall be maintained with people and groups (both men and women) directly affected by management operations. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Notes Evaluation Team Conformance (C, NC or NA) 4.4.1. FME conduct a social impact assessment that: Identifies affected groups; Includes consultation with affected groups (both men and women); Identifies main impacts of management activities on groups in cooperation with them; and Identifies any areas of special economic, ecological, cultural or spiritual value of Verifiers: Records of stakeholder communication; Stakeholder lists; Documented results of social impact assessment; Interviews with affected stakeholder groups Note: For an area to be considered of special value there should be broad support from stakeholder groups and/ or evidence of its historical importance should be presented. Multiple