Conflict-Affected & High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs)
Sourcing from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs) requires organisations to apply enhanced due diligence to understand and manage risks associated with conflict, human rights abuses, corruption, and weak governance.
Origin helps organisations identify suppliers operating in higher-risk regions, implement enhanced due diligence, and maintain the evidence needed to support responsible sourcing decisions.
Focus
Enhanced due diligence for sourcing from conflict-affected and high-risk regions.
Relevant to
Organisations assessing potential exposure to conflict-affected and high-risk areas, particularly those sourcing minerals, metals and other raw materials through complex supply chains.
Due Diligence Activities
Geographic and contextual risk assessment
Enhanced due diligence
Supplier engagement
Ongoing monitoring
Evidence collection
How Origin Supports
Supports enhanced due diligence through country risk intelligence, configurable workflows and supplier engagement.
Operational Challenges
Identifying and managing exposure to conflict-affected and high-risk areas requires organisations to consider geographic, political and supply chain factors that can change over time.
Identifying suppliers, production sites and sourcing locations potentially exposed to CAHRA risks
Assessing conflict, human rights, corruption and governance indicators across different regions
Understanding upstream sourcing relationships and potential exposure beyond direct suppliers
Determining where enhanced due diligence and additional evidence are needed
Monitoring changing conditions and reassessing supplier risk profiles
Maintaining documented assessments, decisions and follow-up actions
Effective due diligence requires a risk-based approach that considers both geographic context and the activities of suppliers operating in affected areas.
Due Diligence Activity
How Origin Supports
Geographic risk assessment
Integrate relevant country and regional risk intelligence into configurable supplier risk models
Enhanced due diligence
Dynamic assessments and configurable workflows
Supplier engagement
Targeted questionnaires and evidence requests
Ongoing monitoring
Update supplier risk profiles as new information and relevant risk indicators become available
Documentation
Centralised audit trails and evidence management
Explore ESG Waypoint - Developed with KUMI, ESG Waypoint combines country-level ESG and CAHRA risk intelligence to help organisations identify potential exposure and prioritise due diligence.