WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER

LEADING WITH WORKER VOICES.  KEY REFLECTIONS, PRIORITIES, AND LESSONS LEARNED IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBLE SOURCING

 

8:15     Registration opens

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9:00    Welcome and goals for Day 1

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9:10     Film

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9:45    Welcoming keynotes. What has been achieved in the past year in business and human rights, and what do we need to focus on in the year to come?

• Permanent Secretary U Myo Aung (Myanmar Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population)

• Deputy Permanent Secretary (Patana Bhandhufalck, Thai Ministry of Labor)

 

10:15    Expert intensive primer. Empowerment

• Ana Maria Soto Bernal (Issara Institute) 

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10:45    Break and networking​

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11:15   Trade union perspectives.  Is your 'worker engagement' activity supporting or supplanting worker power and worker organizing efforts?

• ​U Maung Maung (Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar – CTUM)

• Laxman Banset (South Asian Regional Trade Union Council – SARTUC)

• Dy Thehoya (Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights – CENTRAL)

• Facilitator: Daw Ohnmar Ei Ei Chaw (Issara Institute)

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12:00   Grassroots and donor perspectives. Trends and lessons learned for protecting and empowering workers in global supply chains 

• Olivia Windham-Stewart (C&A Foundation)

• Daw Mar Mar Oo (Association of Labor and Development - ALD)

• Kyaw Than Tun (Ratanamahal)

• Facilitator: Mike Dottridge (Independent / Issara Board of Directors)

 

13:00   Lunch

14:00    Breakout discussions 

• 4 breakout discussions led by workers and civil society partners

 

14:30   Working coffee break, followed by report-back

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15:00   Supply chain perspectives. Implementation of corporate codes of conduct and migrant worker policies: Sharing lessons learned

• U Myat Thu (Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Federation - MOEAF)

• Thanat Rakpetch (Betagro)

• Narisra Subkum (Castle Peak Holdings)

• Kitty Potter (Apple)

• Facilitator: Tim Pilch (Issara Institute)

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16:00   Multi-stakeholder perspectives. How wide is the gap between the priorities of workers in supply chains, and the actions of business, government, and NGOs to address worker needs?

• Evy Peña (Centro de los Derechos del Migrante - CDM)

• Mom Sokchar (Legal Support for Children and Women - LSCW)

• Rev. David Schilling (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility - ICCR)

• Daw Ohnmar Ei Ei Chaw (Issara Institute)

• Facilitator: Dr Lisa Rende Taylor (Issara Institute)

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17:00   Day 1 closing and hosted happy hour reception 

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THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER

LEADING WITH DATA: MAKING A BUSINESS CASE FOR ETHICAL SUPPLY CHAINS

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8:15     Registration opens

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9:00    Welcome and recap of Day 1; Goals for Day 2

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9:15    Film.  What are jobseekers and migrants looking for in a job?

• Discussants from the worker community

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9:30  Expert intensive primer.  What drives worker turnover, and why business should care more: linkages between production demands, human resources, and human rights

• Ana Maria Soto Bernal (Issara Institute)

• Prof. Joann de Zegher (MIT Sloan School of Management)

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10:00  Break and networking

 

10:15  Breakout discussions.  Why workers turnover, and why business should care more​

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11:30  Report-back

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12:00  Lunch

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13:00  Multi-stakeholder perspectives.  Is there a business case for ethical supply chains? 

Debating the evidence - Part I.

• Jill Tucker (C&A Foundation)

• Shelly Han (Fair Labor Association - FLA)

• Rachel Munns (Tesco)

• Marife Casem (Walmart)

• Kitty Potter (Apple)

• Yann Wyss (Nestlé)

• Facilitator: Mark Taylor (Issara Institute)

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14:30  Lightning rounds.  Where do data and technology need to be in the future to drive remedy and make more ethical supply chains possible and scalable?

• Evy Peña (Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM)

• Amber Ehrke (IREX)

• Natalie Tellwright (Ocean Mind)

• Tyler Esch (Verifik8)

• Nadia Pralitasari (WageIndicator Foundation)

• Dr. Bama Athreya (Open Society Fellow)

• Dr. Lisa Rende Taylor (Issara Institute)

• Facilitator: Jarrett Basedow (Issara Institute)

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15:30  Multi-stakeholder perspectives.  Is there a business case for ethical supply chains? 

Debating the evidence - Part II.

• Dr. Dominique Gautier (Seafresh Group)

• Tun Min Latt (International Focus)

• Tim Pilch (Issara Institute)

• Facilitator: Olivia Windham-Stewart (C&A Foundation)

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17:30   Wrap-up discussion and closing

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FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER

ETHICAL RECRUITMENT IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: EMERGING MODELS AND LESSONS LEARNED

 

9:00   Welcome and recap of Day 2, Goals for Day 3

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9:40  Expert intensive primer.  Ethical recruitment: Costs, trends, and a comparative analysis of business responses in 2019

• Jarrett Basedow and Mark Taylor (Issara Institute)

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10:15   Break and networking

 

10:45   Breakout discussions.  How should the costs of ethical recruitment be distributed across supply chains?​

• Prof. Joann de Zegher (MIT Sloan School of Management)​

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11:30    Report-back

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12:15    Lunch

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13:15   Supply chain perspectives.  Why is (or is not) ethical recruitment catching on?

• Dr. Darian McBain (Thai Union Group)

• U Myat Thu (Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Federation - MOEAF)

• Pathompongs Apiakkaratanavich (TMCL Management Company)

• Engkakada Danh (Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies - ACRA)

• Facilitator: Tim Pilch (Issara Institute)

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14:30   Ethical recruitment marketplace.  Ethical recruitment programs, research, and technologies

• Marketplace booths with sections on Worker to Worker Communication, Government-Led Initiatives, Industry-Led Initiatives, Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations, and Optimizing the Recruitment Marketplace​

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16:00   Global perspectives.  How are industry groups advancing and monitoring progress on ethical recruitment?

• Didier Bergeret (Consumer Goods Forum - CGF and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil - RSPOS)

• Shelly Han (Fair Labor Association)

• Rev. David Schilling (ICCR Investor Alliance for Human Rights)

• Facilitator: Dr. Bama Athreya (Open Society Fellow)

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16:45   Duty-bearer perspectives. Creating an even playing field and incentivising ethical recruitment

• Theingi Swe (Myanmar Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population, Department of Labor)

• Amnaj Sangsrikaew (Thai Ministry of Labor, Department of Employment)

• Maung Maung Zaw Min (Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Federation)

• Rachel Munns (Tesco)

• Facilitator: Dr. Lisa Rende Taylor (Issara Institute)

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17:30   Event wrap-up and closing remarks

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*This working agenda will be updated with speakers and moderators as they are confirmed.

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Mom Sokchar (Legal Support for Children and Women - LSCW)

Amber EhrkeDidier Bergeret (Consumer Goods Forum - CGF and Roundtable on Sustainable
Palm Oil - RSPO)Maung Maung Zaw Min (Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Federation)