Innovation Forum - How business can tackle modern slavery, forced labor and human trafficking

This forum will equip business delegates with the guidance to develop and implement robust modern slavery strategies, whilst remaining compliant with all emerging legislation.

Throughout the two days, we’ll provide an overview of current and emerging modern slavery risks prevalent in business operations and supply chains. We’ll also break down the practical steps a business can take to mitigate this risk and tackle modern slavery at its root.

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The speakers

Shari Gittleman

New Balance

Director Global Compliance - Western Hemisphere and Strategic Planning

Paul Lalli

General Electric

Global Counsel - Labor & Human Rights

Tu Rinsche

Marriott International

Director, Social Impact and Global Responsibility

Jaren Dunning

PepsiCo

Legal Director, Human Rights

Paula Marrs

General Mills

Global Responsible Sourcing Leader

Malika Saar

Google

Senior Counsel on Civil and Human Rights

Shawn MacDonald

Verité

CEO

Amanda Chiampi

AT&T

Director, Corporate Social Responsibility

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Agenda highlights

Emerging legislation and business risk: In-depth insight into emerging legal, reputational and business risks
Is there enforcement confusion? Let’s talk about who does what across US departments
Due diligence: How to perform effective due diligence to reduce exposure to modern slavery risk
Audits, AI and beyond: The emerging tools and technologies to spot and tackle modern slavery in business supply chains
Migrant workers and modern slavery risk: How do you drive labor resilience?

Responsible recruitment: How to implement and enforce responsible recruitment practices in your supply chain
Financial perspective: Hear how investors are considering and responding to modern slavery risk
Transparency and disclosure: Beyond basic reporting, what is the right level of disclosure?
Crisis management: Now that you’ve found forced labor, what are the immediate next steps?
Industry case studies: A focused look at challenges in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Apparel, Hospitality, Technology and Extractives

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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.