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Tuesday, November 27 • 3:00pm - 4:20pm
Addressing “modern slavery” in supply chains – Company responses

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Interpretation is provided into Spanish.

Session organized by the Responsible Business Alliance and The Consumer Goods Forum.

Brief description of the session:
According to International Labour Organization (ILO), approximately 24.9 million people worldwide are in conditions of forced labor. Supply chains include hundreds of thousands of workers who seek to make a better life for themselves and their families.
Many are subject to conditions that may contribute to forced labor, including high recruitment fees, personal debt, complicated recruitment practices, a lack of transparency about their eventual working conditions, and inadequate legal protections in the countries in which they work.
Guiding principles on forced labor are well-established, however, solutions tend to be fragmented across industries and geographies and only address certain aspects or specific points in a worker’s journey.  Due diligence on forced labor should be harmonized across multiple industries that share recruitment supply chain to drive labor market transformation through collective action.
This session will provide testimonials from companies across multiple sectors on how they address forced labor in their operations and supply chains.  It will review core process to operationalize supply chain due diligence on forced labor while exploring collective action needed with stakeholders to address the root causes of this issue.

Format of the discussion:
The session will be organized via a series of speaker remarks, expert interventions and multimedia content. Session moderators will bring to life the opportunities created by harmonizing obligations, policies, initiatives, and expectations to tackle this difficult issue.
To ground the session, we will use real world examples from companies across industries on the opportunities and challenges in devising solutions.  Speakers from civil society will bring perspectives on remediation, remedy and transparency.  Finally the broader topic will be explored by asking participants to consider how business can work collectively as well as with other stakeholders, to address root causes of forced labor.

Programme:
15:00 – 15:10  Introductory remarks and framing of issue
15:10 - 15:50   Part 1 – Business Responses
15:50 – 16:05  Part 2 – Stakeholder Perspectives
16:05-16:20     Part 3 – Question/Answer and way forward 
Moderator/ Introductory Remark...
avatar for Bob Mitchell

Bob Mitchell

Vice President, Responsible Business Alliance
As Vice President at the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), Bob leads the strategy development and implementation for environmental and human rights programs. He is a 16-year veteran of Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, with over 11 years in sustainability. He was... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Didier Bergeret

Didier Bergeret

Director Social Sustainability & SSCI, The Consumer Goods Forum
Didier Bergeret is Director of Social Sustainability and the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI). The main focus of his work is to develop collaborative and practical solutions for the industry to advance responsible supply chains. He notably supports the implementation of... Read More →
avatar for Jay Celorie

Jay Celorie

Human Rights Officer, Sustainability, HP, Inc
Graduate researcher on business and human rights from a preventative/risk management perspective, with a focus on transnational mining regulation.
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Rob Lederer

Executive Director, RBA
avatar for Caroline Meledo

Caroline Meledo

Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights, HILTON
Caroline has developed and leads on the implementation of Hilton’s global human rights strategy. Before joining Hilton’s HQ a year ago, Caroline set up and led Hilton’s Corporate Responsibility team for Europe, Middle East and Africa in 2013. Previously, Caroline worked in the... Read More →
avatar for Ashley Orbach

Ashley Orbach

Head of Human Rights and External Engagement, Supplier Responsibility, Apple, Inc
avatar for Christa Hayden Sharpe

Christa Hayden Sharpe

Regional President, IJM Asia Pacific, International Justice Mission
    IJM is a global human rights NGO that equips governments to sustainably and effectively protect the most vulnerable from exploitation and violence in over 20 locations around the world. We build collaborative, sustainable solutions between governments, private sector, civil... Read More →
avatar for Tom Smith

Tom Smith

Director, External Stakeholder Strategy, Responsible Sourcing, Walmart
People can talk to me about:Human rights in lendingHuman rights in investmentsHuman rights in due-diligence for financial institutionsSalient human rights risk mappingHuman rights reportingI have a 20-year track record of identifying and managing Environmental, Social (E&S) and Human... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Wettstein

Barbara Wettstein

Corporate communications and public affairs expert, Nestlé
Barbara Wettstein is Public Affairs Manager overseeing Responsible Sourcing at Nestlé. She is responsible for communications, engagement and advocacy on responsible sourcing related topics and is based in Nestlé’s international headquarter in Vevey, Switzerland.She’s worked... Read More →
avatar for Peter Paul van de Wijs

Peter Paul van de Wijs

Chief External Affairs Officer, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
As head of GRI’s External Affairs team, Peter Paul is responsible driving effective advocacy for GRI, for developing and implementing GRI’s global internal and external communications strategy and maintaining the external relations.Peter Paul has over 20 years of professional... Read More →

Tuesday November 27, 2018 3:00pm - 4:20pm CET
Room XVII
  Human rights due diligence, Modern slavery, Supply chains |   Business action, Modern slavery, Supply chains