Date/Time
Date(s) - 16/10/2024
14:00 - 16:00
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
We are pleased to invite you to our in-person event, “Corporate Sustainability and Accountability: How is it working for labor rights?” in Brussels at the Press Club Brussels Europe (Rue Froissart 95 – 1040 Brussels) on Wednesday 16 October, from 14:00 to 16:00.
This event—organized by Cornell GLI, ECCHR and Human Rights Watch—will explore the intersection of corporate sustainability, accountability, reporting requirements and labor rights. With the increase of due diligence legislation, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, it is critical to assess how these new corporate mandates will deliver for workers.
Speakers, including Member of European Parliament Lara Wolters and Cisco’s Director of EU Public Policy Diane Mievis, will participate in two panels, debating the coming implementation of CSDDD and what is needed to deliver on its goals–both social, labor, and environmental–for workers in global value chains. They are:
- How can the labor outcomes metrics help companies strengthen their approach to their due diligence duty?
- Beyond compliance: How should we integrate issues across corporate sustainability laws (CSDDD, CSRD, FLR) for maximum impact?
The event will also include a presentation of Cornell Global Labor Institute’s new Labor Outcomes Metrics, and a discussion of their potential for making human rights due diligence legislation effective for workers, firms and regulators. With a focus on quantitative outcomes measures, reporting can move beyond policy commitments by firms to impacts for workers.
Click here to register for the event.
We hope to see you in October.