INVESTOR BRIEFING: Supply Chain Due Diligence and Binding Agreements
April 8 @ 7:00 am - 7:45 am PDT
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Time: 7 am PST | 10 am EST | 2 pm GMT | 4 pm CET
Binding agreements between trade unions or worker representatives and companies can uphold fundamental labour rights and mitigate related risks for companies and their investors in ways that corporate-led voluntary social audits do not.
Join the CWC Labour Rights Investor Network (LRIN) for a 45-minute briefing session that summarizes our newly-published investor guidance and expectations on corporate respect for workers’ rights in global supply chains.
This short session will review the briefing document, a tool to support investors in engaging companies on supply chain due diligence, particularly in the garment and textile sector, where binding agreements are most developed. Investors who contributed to the development of this document will discuss how this document supports their human rights due diligence and their engagements with portfolio companies.
Speakers:
- Liz Umlas (Senior Advisor, IndustriALL)
- Fransje Puts (Client Manager & Advisor Responsible Investment, MN)
- Mary Beth Gallagher (Director of Engagement, Domini)
- Etienne Vlok (National Industrial Policy Officer in South Africa, Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union)
Moderates:
- Gabriela Ruiz (Research Analyst, Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital)