2011 ENGAGING BUSINESS: IMPLEMENTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Thursday
28th APRIL 2011
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast
Conference participants arrive at The Coca-Cola Company
8:30 - 8:45
Welcome and Meeting Objectives
Ed Potter
Director, Global Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company
Brent Wilton
Deputy Secretary General, International Organization of Employers (IOE)
8:45 - 9:00
Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote Address
Moderator
Ed Potter
The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
John Ruggie
UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights – “Human Rights in the Global Economy: The Impact of Human Rights Issues on Business”
10:00 - 10:15
BREAK
10:15 - 11:15
The Business Case for Human Rights: Values, Expectations and Risks
Moderator
Mike Eastman
Executive Director, Labor Law Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Speaker
John Morrison
Director, Institute for Human Rights and Business
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch and Luncheon Address
Moderator
Brent Wilton
Deputy Secretary General, IOE
Speaker
Michael Posner
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (Invited) – “The United States Government View of Business and Human Rights”
1:30 - 3:30
Human Rights Dilemmas – Process, Resolution & Business Integration
Moderator
Christine Bader
Advisor to the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
Speakers
Mark Nordstrom
Senior Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment Law, General Electric
Stuart Kyle
Director, Workplace Accountability, The Coca-Cola Company
Andrew Vickers
Vice President, Policy and External Relations, Shell
Clifford Henry
Associate Director, Global Sustainability, Proctor & Gamble
3:30 - 3:45
BREAK
3:45 - 4:30
Human Rights Due Dilgience: Strategy, Mapping & Developing Policy
Moderator
Cindy Sawyer
Director, Work Environment and Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
David Vermijs
Project Consultant, Business and Human Rights Initiative, Global Compact Network Netherlands
Commentator
Miguel Veiga-Pestana
Unilever
4:30 - 5:00
Open Discussion on the Issue Raised During Day One
Moderator
Ed Potter
The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
John Ruggie
UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
5:00 - 7:00
Networking Reception
Friday
29th APRIL 2011
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00
Assessing Human Rights Impacts
Topics: Understanding Impacts; Stakeholder Engagement; Conducting a Human Rights Mapping; Identifying Risks to Human Rights; & Prioritizing Actions to Mitigate Risks
Moderator
John Morrison
Director, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Speaker
Bernard Claude
President of the Ethics Committee, Total
John Sherman
Senior Fellow, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Chris Jochnick
Director, Private Sector Engagement, Oxfam America
Caitlin Morris
Corporate Social Responsibility, Nike, Inc.
9:30 - 10:30
Business Integration , Transparency and Tracking Impact
Moderator
Mark Hodge
Director, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Speaker
Amy Lehr
Associate, Foley Hoag
Monica Gorman
Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility & International Trade Compliance, American Eagle Outfitters
Bennett Freeman
Senior Vice President for Social Research and Policy, The Calvert Group
Marcella Manubens
Senior Vice President, Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility Programs, Philips-VanHeusen
10:30 - 11:30
Access to Remedies: Grievance Mechanisms
Moderator
Ronnie Goldberg
Executive Vice President, USCIB
Speaker
Caroline Rees
Program Director, CSR Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Jorge Perez-Lopez
Executive Director, Fair Labor Association
Kindley Walsh Lawlor
Vice President, Social and Environmental Responsibility, Gap, Inc.
Alexandra Guaqueta
Director, Social Standards, Cerrejon
11:30 - 12:00
Closing & Reflections on the Discussion
Moderator
Ed Potter
The Coca-Cola Company
Speaker
John Ruggie
UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
12:00 - 1:00
10 Min
Networking Lunch