This paper examines the WSR model and how it provides rightsholder-focused access to remedy that aligns with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” framework. Through the case study of the Fair Food Program, the paper identifies three essential components within the proposed framework of rightsholder-driven remedy:

• 1. The standards that are enforced are driven by the rightsholders whom they are intended to protect.
• 2. Thorough, ongoing, independent monitoring informs the enforcement.
• 3. The enforced consequences are mandatory and in the currency of the entity being held accountable (i.e., market consequences).

The paper notes:

In contexts of severe power asymmetries, effective enforcement provides the protection rightsholders require to seek and act on the knowledge gained from appropriate approaches to education. Educated rightsholders can effectively utilize effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to protect and remediate their rights. Rightsholder-driven remedy empowers and protects rightsholders to seek remedy when their rights are abused. Empowerment occurs through enhanced agency resulting from worker-driven enforcement and worker-driven education.

In conclusion, the paper notes that what makes the WSR model work is not one single mechanism in isolation, but the combination of all the elements of the program in totality.