Grievance Mechanism

Protecting workers and communities and enabling effective remedy

 

Ulula’s two-way grievance mechanism empowers workers to directly and anonymously raise concerns at any time and digitally connect with support for real-time case management. This powerful platform collects grievances at scale, while enabling effective remediation.

 

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Real time insights and early warning mechanism

Workers and communities on the ground are well positioned to identify budding social, environmental and labor risks as they arise. Ulula equips key stakeholders with anonymous feedback channels to raise concerns safely and securely and inform on latent risks to prevent issues from escalating and causing human, financial and reputational damages.

    Real time insights and early warning mechanism

    Workers and communities on the ground are well positioned to identify budding social, environmental and labor risks as they arise. Ulula equips key stakeholders with anonymous feedback channels to raise concerns safely and securely and inform on latent risks to prevent issues from escalating and causing human, financial and reputational damages.

      Ulula dashboard map view with color-coded donuts increased risk in the 'health and safety' category over time

      Accessible communications channels to capture anonymous grievances anytime, anywhere

      Whether you are engaging stakeholders in rural regions where network connectivity is low, or in areas with strong network connectivity and access to data, we make sure that you can get feedback from them through the most compatible channels. 

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      Stay ahead on Business and Human Rights

      Designed in alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and mandatory human rights due diligence regulation, Ulula’s robust grievance mechanism supports business in identifying human rights risks across a company’s operations and within its extended supply chain.

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        24/7 automated monitoring and alert system

        Ulula’s ‘chatbots’ are always available, secure and can automatically process large volumes of grievances in multiple languages across communication channels, including SMS, voice, smartphone app (iOS and Android), WhatsApp and other messenger applications. Grievances are centralized into the platform and are organized by issue type and urgency and alerts relevant case managers systematically. This automated process effortlessly outperforms the limitations of human-powered hotlines. It enables a more effective allocation of human resources to the most urgent cases and salient issues.

          Anonymous

          Any language

          Secure data

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          Ulula grievance platform showing two-way chat between worker, brand representative and third-party expert collaborating on a case

          Collaborative case management system 

          Companies, case managers and/or external third-parties review and respond to individual grievances via SMS or voice response directly within the Ulula platform. Team members have differentiated levels of access within the case management system to support effective collaboration between supply chain actors and keep workers safe.

          Collaborative case management system 

          Companies, case managers and/or external third-parties review and respond to individual grievances via SMS or voice response directly within the Ulula platform. Team members have differentiated levels of access within the case management system to support effective collaboration between supply chain actors and keep workers safe.

          Ulula grievance platform showing two-way chat between worker, brand representative and third-party expert collaborating on a case

          Address issues before they escalate

          Get in touch to see how Ulula’s grievance mechanism can serve as an early warning mechanism to operational, social, labor and environmental risks.