Forced Labour Risks in Global Supply Chains: How to Address Risks, React to Challenges and Respond to Dilemmas

  • Overview

    Forced labour is ubiquitous in global supply chains. This webinar will showcase approaches to some of the challenges, including; how to respond to risks in different countries and lower tiers of supply chains; how to work effectively with suppliers and enable workers to exercise their rights; and how to ensure meaningful transparency to investors in line with regulatory requirements. The webinar will share good practice examples from KnowTheChain, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and the UK Modern Slavery Act Registry, with a focus on worker voice, recruitment and remedy. Speakers from H&M and Intel will share a corporate perspective on addressing the many dilemmas associated with forced labour in supply chains.Throughout the webinar, participants will chose the thematic area, scenario, dilemma, or question they are most interested in.

    Programme

    Moderator:
    Anita Househam, Senior Manager, LEAD & Supply Chain Sustainability, UN Global Compact

    Speakers:
    - Felicitas Weber, KnowTheChain Project Lead, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
    - Sofie Nyström, Sustainability Business Expert -- Human Rights, H&M
    - Mike McDonnell, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability, Intel