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2027 Agenda

Day 1

Tuesday 16th March 2027

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 9:40am

Reality check: Will EUFLR actually change anything?

Plenary

9:40am - 10:15am

Climate risk is human rights risk: What heat, floods and displacement mean for workers

Plenary

10:15am - 10:45am

Speed networking

10:45am - 11:25am

Organised crime and forced labour: What can business do when criminals control recruitment

Plenary

11:25am - 11:55am

Your product’s been blocked at the border. What do you do?

Plenary

11:55am - 12:30pm

The CFO’s guide to human rights: How to prove social performance protects supply and profit

Plenary

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Breakout round 1

1:30pm - 2:15pm

AI and false confidence: What it can and can’t do for due diligence

Breakout

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Supplier engagement: How to build the trust that surfaces lower-tier forced labour risk

Breakout

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Scenario: “Lowest price, last minute, no human rights violations.” Which one gives?

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Breakout round 2

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Beyond the audit: What counts as credible evidence when auditors can’t get in?

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Contracts that share the risk: How to stop pushing it all onto suppliers

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Scenario: You’ve found child labour in your supply chain. What do you do now?

Breakout

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Networking break

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Breakouts round 3

12:00am - 1:00am

Collaborating in high-risk regions: How data sharing and joint engagement deliver results

Breakout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Responsible exit: When should you leave a supplier, and how do you do it without making things worse?

Breakout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Scenario: Climate risk says leave. Social risk says stay. What do you do?

Breakout

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Trust and traceability: What evidence do you need to stand behind a social claim?

Plenary

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Networking drinks

Day 2

Wednesday 17th March 2027

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 9:45am

Purchasing practices need to change: Here's what suppliers want you to know

Plenary

9:45am - 10:30am

Worker voice: How to build channels workers trust, and act on what they tell you

Plenary

10:30am - 11:00am

Networking break

11:00am - 11:45am

Breakouts round 1

11:00am - 11:45am

Cash is king, and you don’t have any: How to source responsibly when budgets and headcount are shrinking

Breakout

11:00am - 11:45am

Migrant labour: How to better protect seasonal workers

Breakout

11:00am - 11:45am

From silence to solutions: Having honest conversations about child labour in supply chains

Otto Group | The Centre for Child Rights and Business

Breakout

11:00am - 11:45am

We need to talk about China

The other room

11:45am - 12:30pm

Breakouts round 2

11:45am - 12:30pm

Who pays for the fix? How supply chain finance can reward better working conditions

Breakout

11:45am - 12:30pm

Living wages: How to move from benchmarks to what workers actually take home

Breakout

11:45am - 12:30pm

Consent, not just buy-in: How to bring communities with you on land and transition projects

Breakout

11:45am - 12:30pm

Elephants in the room: What are you doing that you know isn’t working?

The other room

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtables

1:30pm - 3:00pm

What does “enough” due diligence look like? Where should limited resources go first?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Just transition in practice: Decarbonisation without shifting harm onto workers

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Modern slavery statements: What will directors be signing off under the new UK rules?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Retail under the microscope: Who’s liable for forced labour in the brands you stock?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Beyond empowerment rhetoric: What does real progress for women workers actually look like?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

We haven’t fixed the problem, but we’re working on it: How do you talk about that externally?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

The hidden workforce: Forced labour risks in logistics, cleaning and security contracts

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

What investors want: How capital markets are asking about human rights, and what to tell them

Roundtable

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Roundtable key takeaways and closing remarks

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Emilia Colman

Project Manager

Emma Goodyer

Partnerships Manager

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