Addressing the Challenges of Demonstrating Respect for Human Rights
Thursday
17th SEPTEMBER 2015
8:00 - 8:30
Participant Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:35
Welcome, Meeting Objectives and Agenda
Speakers
Cindy Sawyer
International Labor Relations and Human Rights Director, The Coca-Cola Company
8:35 - 9:00
Overview of the challenging issues impacting Respect for Human Rights in Business today
Q&A
Includes a discussion of the cumulative impact of the “Engaging Business” conferences held to date and the most challenging issues, which will be addressed in this Engaging Business Conference:
- Supply Chain Impacts, including Forced Labor and Land Rights
- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, including linkage to human rights
- Human Rights Due Diligence, including how to do it, the importance of transparency and understanding stakeholder expectations
- Human Rights Remedy, including a discussion of business’ accountability for remedy and what effective remedies look like
Speakers
Brent Wilton
Director of Global Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company
9:00 - 10:00
Panel Discussion — Supply Chain Impacts, including Forced Labor and Land Rights
Q&A
Moderator
John Morrison
Executive Director, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Speakers
Beate Andrees
Head of the Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour, International Labor Organization (ILO)
David Bledsoe
Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships, Landesa
Jon Drimmer
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Barrick Gold Corporation
10:00 - 10:15
Break
10:15 - 11:15
Panel Discussion — Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, including linkage to human rights
Q&A
Moderator
Ariel Meyerstein
Vice President for Labor Affairs, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Governance, U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB)
Speaker
John Evans
General Secretary Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
Linda Kromjong
Secretary-General, the International Organization of Employers (IOE)
Bennett Freeman
Steering Committee, Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Initiative; Board member, Institute for Human Rights and Business USA
David Schilling
Senior Program Director, Human Rights and Resources, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
11:15 - 12:00
Round Table Discussion
Discussion on:
- Supply Chain Impacts, including Forced Labor and Land Rights
- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, including linkage to human rights
Discussion Process:
- Tables will be given questions to consider.
- Facilitators assigned to each table to guide the discussion.
- Tables asked to designate one participant to report out, if table is called on.
- One “note taker” assigned to each table in advance to capture key discussion points.
12:00 - 12:45
Lunch/Break
12:45 - 1:15
Table Discussion Report Outs
Table Discussion Report Outs on
- Supply Chain Impacts, including Forced Labor and Land Rights
- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, including linkage to human rights
Table Discussion Report Outs – Process:
- Moderator facilitates report outs and Subject Matter Experts provide further comments and insights
- Five Tables selected to Report Out on points discussed (5 minutes each or less)
- Moderator will probe for understanding and glean key insights.
- Different tables will be called on to report out later in the Conference.
- Moderator and Subject Matter Experts provide concluding insights and comments.
1:15 - 2:15
Panel Discussion — Human Rights Due Diligence, including how to do it, the importance of transparency and understanding stakeholder expectations
Moderator
Lauren Berry
Director, Social Performance, Kosmos Energy
Speaker
James Plunkett
Director of Labor Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Caroline Rees
President, Shift
Stuart Kyle
Workplace Accountability Director, The Coca-Cola Company
Chris Jochnick
Director of the Private Sector Department, Oxfam America
2:15 - 2:30
Break
2:30 - 3:30
Panel Discussion — Human Rights Remedy, including a discussion of business’ accountability for remedy and what effective remedies look like
Q&A
Moderator
Catie Shavin
Programme Director, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Speaker
Chris Albin-Lackey
Business and Human Rights Acting Director, Human Rights Watch
Bob Mitchell
Global Manager, Supply Chain Responsibility, HP
Lene Wendland
Human Rights Advisor to the United Nations Office High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
3:30 - 4:00
Round Table Discussions
Round Table Discussions on
- Human Rights Due Diligence, including how to do it, the importance of transparency and understanding stakeholder expectations
- Human Rights Remedy, including a discussion of business’ accountability for remedy and what effective remedies look like
4:00 - 4:30
Table Discussion Report Outs
Table Discussion Report Outs on
- Human Rights Due Diligence, including how to do it, the importance of transparency and understanding stakeholder expectations
- Human Rights Remedy, including a discussion of business’ accountability for remedy and what effective remedies look like
4:30 - 5:00
Reflections, Insights and Next Steps
Speaker
Linda Kromjong
Secretary-General, the International Organization of Employers (IOE)
Ariel Meyerstein
Vice President for Labor Affairs, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Governance, U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB)
Brent Wilton
Director of Global Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company
James Plunkett
Director of Labor Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce