AGENDA

Explore the line-up of sessions for the United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum.

Note: Session information is subject to change. Please explore the schedule below for the latest updates.

09:00 - 10:00 ICT

NextGen BHR: Youth Innovation Hackathon (by application)

Session partners: Sasin School of Management, Business School Network of Thailand (BSNT), UN PRME ASEAN Chapter, Global Business School Network (GBSN), HEC Paris, BIAS Inc., UNDP

09:00 - 10:00 ICT

The Asia Way: Business Perspectives on Evolving Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in East Asia and ASEAN

Session partners: ERIA and amfori

09:00 - 10:00 ICT

From Commitments to Impact: Strengthening Leadership to Advance Elimination of Forced Labour

Session partners: The Remedy Project, ILO and ERM

09:00 - 10:15 ICT

Driving Responsible Business in Asean: Expectations for Greater Respect of Rights and Great Prosperity across Value Chains

Session partners: UNDP, IDE-JETRO, UN Global Compact Network Japan

10:30 - 11:00 ICT

Advancing Human Rights Through Open Source and Open Data: Collaborative Environmental Innovation in Action

Session partners: UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office, AirGradient Ltd.

10:30 - 12:00 ICT

CLOSED DOOR GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE
Sustaining Momentum between Design and Implementation of BHR Policies: Experience Sharing and Peer Exchange

Session partners: Walk Free, UNDP

11:30 - 12:00 ICT

Breaking Barriers: Gender Equality in Business for Nature

Session partner: Women4Biodiversity

12:45-13:45 ICT

Redesigning Recruitment Markets: Creating an ethical recruitment marketplace to embed human rights practices into global supply chains

Session partner: Woolworths Group, The Consumer Goods Forum

12:45-13:45 ICT

Are South Korea and Thailand Ready to Take the Lead on Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Asia?

Session partner: Manushya, KTNC Watch, FORUM-ASIA

12:45-13:45 ICT

From Deck to Dialogue: Enhancing Regional Leadership to Facilitate Migrant Fishers-Led Advocacy for Rights-Based Protection in ASEAN under the Global Seafood Supply Chain

Session partner: ILO, Greenpeace

12:45-13:45 ICT

BHR Regional Leadership in ASEAN: Anchoring migrant workers' rights protection

Session partner: ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights - Thailand

14:00 - 15:00 ICT

Investors’ HREDD expectations about company engagement with affected stakeholders in Indonesia's nickel mining industry

Session partners: RightsCoLab

14:00 - 15:00 ICT

Beyond Extraction, Towards Self-Determination: Indigenous Pathways to a Just Energy Transition

Session partners: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International, Zero Tolerance Initiative, Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy, Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders (IPHRD) Network, The Association of Defenders of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (PPMAN), Fair Finance Asia (FFA)

14:00 - 15:30 ICT

CLOSED DOOR INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Navigating Stakeholder Engagement in Asia’s Agribusiness

Session partners: RSPO and UNDP

14:00 - 15:30 ICT

Leading by Example: Effective Grievance Mechanisms Centering Rights Holders in Asia

Session partners: Fair Labor Association, Article One

15:15-15:45 ICT

Grounding Human Rights in Community Realities: NGO-Led Inclusion and Protection of Rights Holders Amid Regional Crises

Session partners: The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association NSW (MDAA), Medicare Mental Health Centre (MMHC)

15:15-15:45 ICT

Defending Rights and Challenging Corporate Harm: Stories from the Frontline

Session partners: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Korean Transnational Corporations Watch (KTNC Watch), Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights and Extractives (AP Gathering), Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM)

15:45-17:00 ICT

Deepening Due Diligence: Navigating human rights risks in extended supply chains

Session partners: Pillar Two, GBI

16:00-17:00 ICT

Enhancing the Human Rights Mindset: Interactive Dialogue with Businesses

Session partners: Pillar Two, GBI

16:00-17:00 ICT

Human Rights Due Diligence and Accountability for Indigenous Communities in Asia

Session partners: AIPP

16:00-17:00 ICT

Who Programs Whom? Advancing Business & Human Rights in Crisis-Affected and Marginalized Communities

Session partners: International Youth Training Centre – IYTC, Access Now, Article19 Asia

09:00 - 10:00 ICT

Anchoring Progress and Strengthening Regional Leadership on Human Rights through Crisis

Formal Opening Ceremony

10:30-11:45 ICT

Regional Leadership in Action: NAPs as Pathways to Stronger Standards

Session partners: UNDP

10:30-11:45 ICT

Private Sector Leadership in Crisis: Advancing Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Action

Session partners: UN Women

10:30-11:45 ICT

From Order to Outcome: Unpacking responsible purchasing practices’ impact on workers in Asia

Session partners: ETI

10:30 - 12:30 ICT

Decolonising CSDDD Compliance Frameworks: Views from the context of Forced Labour and OSH

Session partners: Southern Voices

12:00-12:30 ICT

From Minimum to Living Wages: Three implementation levers for real change

Session partners: Global Rights Compliance

12:00-12:30 ICT

From Exclusion to Inclusion: Busting Fashion Just Transition Myth

Session partner: Women4Biodiversity

12:45-13:45 ICT

New dawn for sustainable environment and development in ASEAN?

Session partner: Special Rapporteur on the right to development, AICHR Malaysia, AICHR Thailand

13:15-14:30 ICT

From Hesitation to Action: Emerging Ethical Recruitment Frameworks in Asia

Session partners: IOM

13:15-14:30 ICT

Beyond the Seal: Strengthening Accountability in Certification and Audit Schemes

Session partners: OHCHR, Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE), Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples (REP), Forest Peoples Program (FPP), Business & Human Rights Resource Center, and Heirich Boell Stiftung Southeast Asia

13:15-13:45 ICT

Due Diligence in Southeast Asian Supply Chains: Perspectives on BHR As a Transboundary Issue

Session partner: Commission on Human Rights of the Phiippines

14:45-15:45 ICT

Resilient Supply Chains and Equitable Growth in a Changing World of Work: Advancing Decent Work through Regional Cooperation in Asia and the

Session partner: ILO

14:45-15:45 ICT

Fixing it or faking it? How grievance mechanisms can deliver real remedies

Session partner: UNWG

14:45-15:45 ICT

Scaling Worker Protection: How Business Can Advance Parametric Insurance for Climate Resilience

Session partner: People's Courage International

16:15-17:30 ICT

Promoting Family-Friendly Policies to protect children and their families in the context of labour migration

Session partner: UNICEF and UNWG

16:15-17:30 ICT

Implementing the Human Rights Toolkit for the Finance Sector

Session partner: Implementing the Human Rights Toolkit for the finance sector

16:15-17:30 ICT

ASEAN's Leap to HRDD by Direct Worker Voice

Session partner: Bluenumber, MillionMakers, DXN Global

16:15-17:30 ICT

Beyond Crisis: Innovating Community-Led Approaches for Remedy and Corporate Accountability

Session partner: Oxfam in Asia, APSWDP India, Sal Forest

09:00-10:15 ICT

Turning Compliance into Competitive Advantage

Session partner: ILO

09:00-10:15 ICT

Fair Trade, Fair Work: Rethinking human rights and labour migration in the context of global value chains

Session partners: UNWG

09:00-10:15 ICT

INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Advancing Human Rights Due Diligence in Asia’s Digital Transformation: Practical Approaches, Peer Exchange & Strategic Preparedness

Session partners: UN Human Rights B-Tech and UNDP

09:00-10:15 ICT

From Guidance to Solutions: Practical solutions to include local remedies in garment supply chains

Session partners: STITCH Partnership, The Inno

10:30-11:00 ICT

Send Lawyers, Media and Allies: Transnational Strategic Litigation's role in safeguarding human rights, upholding human dignity and providing access to justice in asymmetric and crisis laden regulatory frameworks

Session partners: M. Ravi Law

10:30-11:00 ICT

From Root Causes to Collective Action: Addressing GBVH in garment supply chains

Session partners: RISE

10:30-11:00 ICT

Mind the Gap: A Data Dive into Asian Business Performance

Session partners: World Benchmarking Alliance

11:30-12:30 ICT

Making the Business Case for Upholding Information Integrity: Building a Big Tent

Session partners: OHCHR, Conscious Advertising Network

11:30-12:30 ICT

Global Footprints, Shared Responsibilities: Impacts of Asian Companies Abroad

Session partners: UNDP

11:30-12:30 ICT

Centering Worker Voices in Supply Chain Due Diligence and Remedy in Southeast Asia

Session partners: Fundacion Avina

11:30-12:30 ICT

Indigenous Navigator: Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence with a focus on Indigenous Peoples

Session partners: Tebtebba, Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

11:30-12:30 ICT

“Colorless, Odorless”: Workers’ Stories, Highlighting Women and Migrants, Facing Invisible Hazards in Asia’s Semiconductor and Display Industries

Session partner: SHARPS (Supporters for Health And Rights of People in Semiconductor industry)

13:15-14:15 ICT

Dilemmas in High-Risk Contexts: Practicing Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence in Times of Crisis

Session partner: BSR

13:15-14:15 ICT

Climate Change and Sustainable Development: From paper to practice in ASEAN

Session partner: Special Rapporteur on the right to development, AICHR Malaysia, and AICHR Thailand

13:15-14:15 ICT

A Global Severance Guarantee Fund is the Solution to the Fashion Industry 'Cut & Run' Business model

Session partner: Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)

14:30-15:00 ICT

Rights and Remedies as Non-Negotiables: From Energy and Extractive Project Sites to Development Bank Headquarters, Human Rights Defenders Speak Out

Session partners: International Rivers, Coalition for Human Rights in Development, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders, Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy, Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples, International Accountability Project, NGO Forum on ADB, Accountability Counsel, Mekong Watch, Alternative Law Group

14:30-15:00 ICT

A Rights Holder Led Approach to Corporate Accountability: Lessons from grassroots movements in India and Indonesia

Session partner: Anti Jindal Movement

15:15-17:15 ICT

BUSINESS CAUCUS
Focus on Employers’ Experience and Lessons on Responsible Exit in the Asia-Pacific Region

Session partner: Anti Jindal Movement

15:30-16:00 ICT

Impact and Innovation: Reshaping Human Rights Due Diligence at Scale

Session partner: Supply Unchained

15:30-16:00 ICT

How can engagement with rights holders help close accountability gaps?

Session partner: Global Compact Network Japan

15:30-16:00 ICT

Resilience We Should All Practice in Difficult Times: Lessons from Garment Workers in Bangladesh and Myanmar

Session partner: Clean Clothes Campaign

15:30-16:45 ICT

Workforce, Worker-Voice Data and Collaborative Safety Measures: Enhancing Worker Resilience through Systemic Change

Session partner: Thomson Reuters Foundation and LABS Initiative

16:15-17:15 ICT

Bridging the Policy Gap: China’s Consolidating ESG Framework and Corporate Climate Accountability

Session partner: Lanzhou University Law School

16:15-17:15 ICT

What does 'good' look like? Mainstreaming HRDD with transformative business apractices

Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney and Global Compact Network Australia, Global Compact Network Australia

16:15-17:15 ICT

Red Light or Green Light: A Gamified Workshop on Gender-Sensitive Child Safety in Business

Session partners: ECPAT International (Down to Zero Alliance), Anti-Slavery Australia

16:15-17:15 ICT

The cost of Asia's digital transformation and pathways for stronger accountability and rights-based approaches

Session partners: Fair Finance Asia (FFA), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (ASIA FORUM), Oxfam in Asia, Digital Rights Nepal (DRN), Digital Rights Foundation (DRF)

09:00-10:00 ICT

Food Systems Impacts on Children’s Rights

Session partners: UNICEF

09:00-10:00 ICT

Amplifying Leadership Through Solidarity: Migrant Voices Shaping Responsible Business Practices

Session partners: IOM

09:00-10:00 ICT

Keeping Human Rights Front and Center in the Sustainable Debt Market

Session partners: LRQA and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

09:00-10:00 ICT

Centering Frontline Communities in the Green Transition and Responses to Environmental Harms

Session partners: Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE), Extraterritorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch), Community Resources Centre Foundation (CRC), EarthRights International, The Mekong Butterfly, International Rivers, Accountability Counsel, Fair Finance Thailand, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, International Accountability Project (IAP), Verrha Research, Alternative Law Collective (ALC), Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ), and Darya-e-Swat Bachao Tehreek (Protect River Swat Movement)

10:30-11:30 ICT

Innovation for Inclusion and Transformation

Session partners: UN Women

10:30-11:30 ICT

Bridge to Action: Making Grievance Mechanisms Work on the Shopfloor

Session partners: Good Business Lab

10:30-11:30 ICT

Systemic Risks, Systemic Solutions: From Inequality to Regenerative Business Models (by application only)

Session partners: Oxfam in Asia, Fair Finance Asia, The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)

10:30-11:30 ICT

Bridging the Connection between Businesses and Local Communities: Translating Sustainability into Actions in Southeast Asia

Session partners: Give2Nature, Accountability Counsel, UN Global Compact Thailand

12:30-13:30 ICT

Equitable Sourcing: Financial and Non-Financial Incentives

Session partners: Fairwear, BSR

12:30-13:30 ICT

Partnerships for Progress: Upholding Labour Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific

Session partners: ILO, UNWG, ESCAP

13:45-14:45 ICT

Fields to Fairness: Gender and Migrant Labour Rights in Climate Vulnerable Agrifood System

Session partners: Global Human Rights Centre, The Centre for Child Rights and Business , IOM

13:45-14:45 ICT

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AGENDA

NextGen BHR: Youth Innovation Hackathon (by application)

Session partners: Sasin School of Management, Business School Network of Thailand (BSNT), UN PRME ASEAN Chapter, Global Business School Network (GBSN), HEC Paris, BIAS Inc., UNDP

The Asia Way: Business Perspectives on Evolving Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in East Asia and ASEAN

Session partners: ERIA and amfori

From Commitments to Impact: Strengthening Leadership to Advance Elimination of Forced Labour

Session partners: The Remedy Project, ILO and ERM

Driving Responsible Business in Asean: Expectations for Greater Respect of Rights and Great Prosperity across Value Chains

Session partners: UNDP, IDE-JETRO, UN Global Compact Network Japan

Advancing Human Rights Through Open Source and Open Data: Collaborative Environmental Innovation in Action

Session partners: UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office, AirGradient Ltd.

CLOSED DOOR GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE Sustaining Momentum between Design and Implementation of BHR Policies: Experience Sharing and Peer Exchange

Session partners: Walk Free, UNDP

Breaking Barriers: Gender Equality in Business for Nature

Session partner: Women4Biodiversity

Redesigning Recruitment Markets: Creating an ethical recruitment marketplace to embed human rights practices into global supply chains

Session partner: Woolworths Group, The Consumer Goods Forum

Are South Korea and Thailand Ready to Take the Lead on Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Asia?

Session partner: Manushya, KTNC Watch, FORUM-ASIA

From Deck to Dialogue: Enhancing Regional Leadership to Facilitate Migrant Fishers-Led Advocacy for Rights-Based Protection in ASEAN under the Global Seafood Supply Chain

Session partner: ILO, Greenpeace

BHR Regional Leadership in ASEAN: Anchoring migrant workers' rights protection

Session partner: ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights - Thailand

Investors’ HREDD expectations about company engagement with affected stakeholders in Indonesia's nickel mining industry

Session partners: RightsCoLab

Beyond Extraction, Towards Self-Determination: Indigenous Pathways to a Just Energy Transition

CLOSED DOOR INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE Navigating Stakeholder Engagement in Asia’s Agribusiness

Session partners: RSPO and UNDP

Leading by Example: Effective Grievance Mechanisms Centering Rights Holders in Asia

Session partners: Fair Labor Association, Article One

Grounding Human Rights in Community Realities: NGO-Led Inclusion and Protection of Rights Holders Amid Regional Crises

Session partners: The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association NSW (MDAA), Medicare Mental Health Centre (MMHC)

Defending Rights and Challenging Corporate Harm: Stories from the Frontline

Session partners: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Korean Transnational Corporations Watch (KTNC Watch), Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights and Extractives (AP Gathering), Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM)

Deepening Due Diligence: Navigating human rights risks in extended supply chains

Session partners: Pillar Two, GBI

Enhancing the Human Rights Mindset: Interactive Dialogue with Businesses

Session partners: Pillar Two, GBI

Human Rights Due Diligence and Accountability for Indigenous Communities in Asia

Session partners: AIPP

Who Programs Whom? Advancing Business & Human Rights in Crisis-Affected and Marginalized Communities

Session partners: International Youth Training Centre – IYTC, Access Now, Article19 Asia

CLOSED DOOR GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE
Sustaining Momentum between Design and Implementation of BHR Policies: Experience Sharing and Peer Exchange

CLOSED DOOR INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Navigating Stakeholder Engagement in Asia’s Agribusiness