Michelle O'Neill
Mars
VP Global Corporate Affairs, Cocoa
This two-day business forum will assess how companies can develop and implement robust human rights policies. We’ll look in-depth into the practicalities of supply chain transformation and what this means for the future of (ethical) trade.
Through off-the-record debate, expert practitioners will discuss the biggest challenges as businesses adapt practices to comply with rapidly evolving legislation and ensure ethical, responsible and transparent supply chains.
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The speakers
Julie Vallat
L'Oréal
VP Human Rights
Linda Kromjong
Samsung Electronics
Global Labor & Human Rights Director
Virginie Mahin
Mondelēz International
Global Social Sustainability & Human Rights Lead
Clare Flannery
Ab-Inbev
Responsible Sourcing Director
Pins Brown
The Body Shop
Head of Ethical Trade & Sustainable Sourcing
Benet Northcote
John Lewis Partnership
Director, Corporate Responsibility
Fiona Reynolds
Principles for Responsible Investment
CEO
Agenda highlights
- The business case beyond compliance: How to drive board level action and resources
- Evolving legislation and worldwide compliance: How companies can keep ahead of the regulatory curve
- Effective due diligence: How to ensure practices are comprehensive, cost effective and drive better outcomes for workers
- Investor perspectives: What really matters to investors and what do they want to see from business?
- Ethical consumerism: How far will consumer attitudes drive greater action from brands?
- Supply chain action: In-depth case studies into leading programmes and initiatives for responsible recruitment, factory engagement and remediation
- Engage and incentivise procurement: What works, what doesn’t?
- Living wage: Collaboration that is driving change at scale, while avoiding unintended consequences
- Tech and innovation: How AI and advances in tech are transforming audits and enabling more effective risk mapping
- Consumer certification labels vs brand own-label schemes: What is the best way forward?
Why attend?
Discover best practices from industry leaders and get in-depth guidance on how to effectively implement policies
Meet & network with an influential audience of key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors
Benchmark company performance amongst a room of your peers and discover where you should be focusing efforts
What’s different about this forum?
Innovation Forum is:
- Candid: Entirely off-the-record discussion that enables open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience.
- Practical: A clear focus on the practical and actionable guidance that can drive change throughout industries and supply chains.
- Focused: We provide enough time, resources and expertise to the issues that really matter. We don’t skate the surface, but get to the crux of the issues to provide in-depth, constructive discussion.
Innovation Forum is NOT:
- A PR platform: Enthusiastic speakers are NOT given free rein to fill a session presenting their companies, allowing no time to actually get to the crux of the issues.
- A talking shop: This is NOT an opportunity for a group people in a room to simply agree with everything said, regardless of outcomes.
- All promise, no delivery: We will NOT promise what we can’t deliver. The issues covered are complex. They won’t be solved at a two-day conference. But we will help deliver progress through in-depth, constructive and practical advice around specific issues.
Who attends
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