Background

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The session, “Navigating Supply Chain Risks and Remedy with On-Ground Data,” aims to explore how real-time data can be leveraged to identify, assess, and mitigate human rights and counter slavery risks in supply chains. Through an expert-led “fireside chat” covering case studies, new techniques, and examples of successful data-driven human rights management strategies, attendees will gain practical insights into the application of these solutions and come away with ideas for their own efforts. 

 

This overview highlights the key themes and discussions that will be covered during the event. 

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Objectives

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Timing and Format  

 

60-minute “fire-side chat”.

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Key Themes 

 

Regulatory, Political, and Economic Context 

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• Understanding recent regulatory changes regionally and globally, and their impacts on human rights and supply chain management across APAC (e.g. Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, CSDDD).

•  Analysing shifting political and economic drivers that are changing our approach to human rights risks and remedies in supply chains. 

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Implications of mandatory due diligence in the region  

• Evaluating the implications of mandatory due diligence (including HRDD) in the region and how this changes stakeholder engagement and the need for data solutions. 

• Understanding the origins of HRDD from the OECD Guidelines and what this will mean for stakeholder expectations for diligence, remedy, efficacy, and disclosure. 

• Examining CSDDD's broad approach to due diligence, including environmental factor, and what this means for governance and management of social impact and human rights. 

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Effectiveness of Grievance Mechanisms and Access to Remedy 

• The new-founded relevance and importance of effective grievance mechanisms and remediation processes (considerations of anonymity, etc.)  

• Identifying the necessary aspects for grievance mechanisms to work, including variation for cultural contexts and digital literacy. 

• Exploring data-backed and tech-based solutions for grievance and remediation processes. 

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Conclusion

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This event will provide valuable insights into the evolving landscape of human rights supply chain management, emphasizing the usefulness and practical application of on-ground data to meet advancing regulatory needs. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of regulatory requirements, stakeholder expectations, and practical approaches to grievance and remediation, all aimed at fostering a more resilient and sustainable supply chain.