Hydro Partnership

Since 2011, the Danish Institute of Human Rights has been collaborating with Hydro on the company’s commitment to respecting human rights.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and Hydro have a partnership agreement to support Hydro in human rights implementation.

Purpose

Under the current partnership, DIHR provides support to Hydro on upstream and downstream value chain management, and managing key risks and issues in core operations. This is yet another step in aligning all Hydro activities with human rights.

The difference we make

The Danish Institute for Human Rights has been working with Hydro since 2011. In 2011-2012 the DIHR performed a human rights risk assessment and policy/procedure gap analysis for Hydro. This process resulted in the development of an action plan on human rights for Hydro.

In 2013-2014, DIHR worked with Hydro on a follow-up to this action-plan and a deep dive assessment of Hydro activities in Brazil.

In 2016, DIHR and Hydro entered into a two year Partnership Agreement. As a follow-up to past activities and to support the Partnership, the parties agreed to conduct an enterprise-wide impact mapping on human rights, with a focus on the upstream and downstream value chain of Hydro Business Areas.