Using the MCEF

The Framework:

• Can be used by company personnel as a starting point for internal tracking of current company commitments, or as a tool for refining metrics
• Can be leveraged by, or in conjunction with, an NGO partner to track progress and/or refine metrics
• Can be used to explore the viability of making additional commitments included in the Framework, by internally tracking current state against the associated metric and means of verification
• Provides clear means of verification that in turn allows clear information and data requests for supply chain partners
• Allows companies to pick and choose the commitments they wish to track, based on the commitments they’ve publicly made or are considering making

In addition, a limited number of free, fully confidential, independent assessments (conducted by MRAG Americas directly with the company) are available for companies to use to understand their baseline and/or better understand the effort and data needed to credibly track their progress.

The Framework:

• Provides third-party, audit-level metrics that can be used to validate their market partners’ progress against key public commitments
• Serves as an opportunity to consult with and support market partners in meeting the means of verification for each ask, build or improve methods of tracking, etc.
• Provides metrics for commitments beyond those your market partners have likely made, providing a platform for expanding commitments if desired