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 | Conference Room 3

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

Session partners: The Remedy Project, International Labour Organization and Environmental Resources Management

09:00 - 10:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

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 | Meeting Room G

Bridging the GAP between Reality and HRDD Practices: How to include right holders' voices through dialogue

Session partners: WE Program, Tchibo Gmbh

09:00 - 10:00 ICT

Intro Session | NextGen BHR: Youth Innovation Hackathon (by application)

Session partners: UN Development Programme, Sasin School of Management, Business School Network of Thailand, UN PRME ASEAN Chapter, Global Business School Network, HEC Paris, BIAS Inc.

09:00 - 10:15 ICT | Asia-Pacific Foyer

Driving Responsible Business in ASEAN: Expectations for Greater Respect of Rights and Great Prosperity across Value Chains (closed door, separate registration required)

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

10:30 - 11:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

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

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

10:30-11:30 ICT | Meeting Room G

Are we listening? The unheard perspectives along the supply chain

Session partners: Embode, Issara Institute, Verité

10:30-11:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Reimagining CSDDD Compliance Frameworks: Global South Perspectives on Challenges and Opportunities

Session partners: Southern Voices for Global Development

10:30 - 12:00 ICT | Conference Room 1

Turning Law into Justice: Leveraging Due Diligence for Worker Remedy (civil society only)

Session partners: Worker Rights Consortium

10:30 - 12:00 ICT | Meeting Room B

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

Session partners: UN Development Programme

11:30 - 12:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Breaking Barriers: Gender Equality in Business for Nature

Session partner: Women4Biodiversity

12:45-13:45 ICT | Conference Room 1

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 | Meeting Room A

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 | Conference Room 3

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

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

12:45 - 13:45 ICT | Meeting Room G

Investor-facing HREDD in Indonesia’s Nickel Mining Industry: What do investors want to know about company engagement with affected stakeholders? (prior application required to join)

Session partners: Rights CoLab, ELSAM, Institut Mosintuwu, Perempuan Mahardhika, Satya Bumi, WALHI Sulawesi Tengah

14:00 - 15:30 ICT | Conference Room 1

From Commitment to Practice: Reviewing National Action Plans on BHR in Southeast Asia

Session partners: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and UN OHCHR

14:00 - 15:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

The Cost of Asia's Digital Transformation and Pathways for Stronger Accountability and Rights-Based Approaches

Session partners: Fair Finance Asia, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Oxfam in Asia, Digital Rights Nepal, Digital Rights Foundation

14:00 - 15:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

CLOSED-DOOR INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Navigating Stakeholder Engagement in Asia’s Agribusiness (business only)

Session partners: UN Development Programme, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber

14:00 - 15:30 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

Session partners: Fair Labor Association, Article One

15:15-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 3

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, Medicare Mental Health Centre

15:15-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Defending Rights and Challenging Corporate Harm: Stories from the Frontline

Session partners: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Korean Transnational Corporations Watch, Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights and Extractives, Alyansa Tigil Mina

15:45-17:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Deepening Due Diligence: Navigating human rights risks in extended supply chains (business only)

Session partners: Pillar Two and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

16:00-17:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Enhancing the Human Rights Mindset: Interactive Dialogue with Businesses

Session partners: Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, GIZ Bangladesh, Agency for Business and Economic Development

16:00-17:00 ICT | Conference Room 1

Human Rights Due Diligence and Accountability for Indigenous Communities in Asia

Session partners: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

16:00-17:00 ICT | Meeting Room G

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: Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Environmental Justice Foundation

16:00-17:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

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

Session partners: International Youth Training Centre, 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 | Conference Room 1

Regional Leadership in Action: NAPs as Pathways to Stronger Standards

Session partner: UN Development Programme

10:30-11:45 ICT | Conference Room 3

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

Session partner: UN Women, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and UN Global Compact

10:30-11:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

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

Session partner: ETI

10:30-11:45 ICT | Meeting Room A

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, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network, The Association of Defenders of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago, Fair Finance Asia

12:00-12:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

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

Session partner: Global Rights Compliance

12:00-12:30 ICT Conference Room 4

New dawn for sustainable environment and development in ASEAN?

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

12:00-12:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Exclusion to Inclusion: Busting Fashion Just Transition Myth

Session partner: Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

13:15-14:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Commitment to Action: Emerging Fair and Ethical Recruitment Frameworks in Asia

Session partners: International Organization for Migration and International Labour Organization

13:15-14:30 ICT | Conference Room 1

Beyond the Seal: Strengthening Accountability in Certification and Audit Schemes

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

13:15-14:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Deep Dive in Human Rights at Sea: Fostering Cross-regional Collaboration in Business and Human Rights in the East & Southeast Asian Fishery Sector

Session partners: BEBESEA, Greenpeace, Human Rights Now, Taiwan Association of Human Rights, Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative

13:15-13:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

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

Session partner: Commission on Human Rights of the Phiippines

14:00-14:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

From Critique to Constructive Use: The Role of Social Audits in BHR

Session partner: Sedex and TATWIN Latex

14:45-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 3

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

Session partner: International Labour Organization

14:45-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 1

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

Session partner: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

14:45-15:45 ICT | Theater

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

Session partner: People's Courage International

14:45-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

From Marginalized to Recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains

Session partners: BBC Media Action, HomeNet International, The Circulate Initiative, The International Alliance of Waste Pickers

16:15-17:30 ICT | Conference Room 1

Promoting Family-Friendly Policies to Protect Children and Their Families in the Context of Labour Migration

Session partners: UNICEF, International Organization for Migration, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

16:15-17:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

Advancing the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment through Corporate Responsibility

Session partner: UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

16:15-17:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

ASEAN's Leap to HRDD by Direct Worker Voice

Session partners: Bluenumber, MillionMakers, DXN Global

16:15-17:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

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

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

09:00-10:15 ICT | Conference Room 3

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

Session partners: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

09:00-10:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

Turning Compliance into Competitive Advantage: Why Business and Human Rights is Important for SMEs

Session partner: International Labour Organization

09:00-10:15 ICT | Meeting Room A

CLOSED-DOOR INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Advancing Human Rights Due Diligence in Asia’s Digital Transformation: Practical Approaches, Peer Exchange & Strategic Preparedness (business only)

Session partners: UN Human Rights B-Tech and UN Development Programme

09:00-10:15 ICT | Meeting Room G

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 | Conference Room 3

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: LawAid International

10:30-11:00 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

Session partners: RISE

10:30-11:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

From Regulatory Twilight Zone to Algorithmic Equality: Advancing International Law, Corporate Responsibility and Women’s Rights in the Digital and AI Era

Session partners: International Commission of Jurists, Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Rights & Innovation

11:30-12:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

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

Session partners: UN Human Rights, Conscious Advertising Network

11:30-12:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

Global Footprints, Shared Responsibilities and the Social Contract: An Asia-Africa Dialogue

Session partners: UN Development Programme

11:30-12:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

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

Session partners: Avina Foundation with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Forum Silaturahmi Pelaut Indonesia, The New Factory, and Perkumpulan Sembada Bersama Indonesia

11:30-12:30 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

Session partners: Tebtebba, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

13:15-14:15 ICT | Conference Room 3

Business Innovation for Inclusion and Transformation

Session partner: UN Women

13:15-14:15 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

Session partner: BSR

13:15-14:30 ICT | Theater

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

Session partners: Supporters for Health And Rights of People in Semiconductor Industry, Korean Transnational Corporations Watch, Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims, Asia Monitor Resource Centre

13:15-14:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

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 | Meeting Room A

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

Session partner: Clean Clothes Campaign

14:30-15:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

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, 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 | Conference Room 4

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

Session partner: Coalition for Human Rights in Development, Posco- Jindal Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (Anti POSCO and Anti Jindal People's Movement), and Forum Petani Plasma Buol

14:30-15:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Supply Chain and Multinational Corporation Accountability from a Trade Union and Worker Rights Perspective: Issues, Deficiencies and What’s Needed

Session partner: Solidarity Center Thailand

14:30-15:00 ICT | Meeting Room G

Understanding the changing landscape of HRDD and its impact on various supply chains in Asia

Session partner: Change Alliance

15:15-17:15 ICT | Asia-Pacific Foyer

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

Session partner: International Organisation of Employers

15:30-16:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Impact and Innovation: Reshaping Human Rights Due Diligence at Scale

Session partner: Supply Unchained

15:30-16:00 ICT | Meeting Room G

Mind the Gap: A Data Dive into Asian Business Performance

Session partners: World Benchmarking Alliance

15:30-16:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

How can engagement with rights holders help close accountability gaps?

Session partner: Japan Center for Engagement & Remedy on Business and Human Rights and Global Compact Network Japan

15:30-16:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

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 | Theater

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 | Conference Room 3

Equitable Sourcing: Financial and non-financial incentives

Session partner: Fairwear and BSR

16:15-17:15 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

Session partner: SynTao

16:15-17:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

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 | Meeting Room A

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

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

Food Systems Impacts on Children’s Rights

Session partners: UNICEF

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Amplifying Leadership Through Solidarity: Migrant Voices Shaping Responsible Business Practices

Session partner: International Organization of Migration

09:00-10:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Keeping Human Rights Front and Center in the Sustainable Debt Market

Session partners: LRQA and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

09:00-10:00 ICT | Meeting Room G

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

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

10:30-11:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

Bridge to Action: Making Grievance Mechanisms Work on the Shopfloor

Session partner: Good Business Lab

10:30-12:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

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, Sal Forest Co. Ltd, The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

10:30-11:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

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 | Conference Room 3

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

Session partners: International Labour Organization, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

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, United Nations International Organisation for Migration

13:45-14:45 ICT

United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific

AGENDA

Session partners: The Remedy Project, International Labour Organization and Environmental Resources Management

Session partners: ERIA and amfori

Session partners: WE Program, Tchibo Gmbh

Session partners: UN Development Programme, Sasin School of Management, Business School Network of Thailand, UN PRME ASEAN Chapter, Global Business School Network, HEC Paris, BIAS Inc.

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

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

Session partners: Embode, Issara Institute, Verité

Session partners: Southern Voices for Global Development

Session partners: Worker Rights Consortium

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

Session partners: UN Development Programme

Session partner: Women4Biodiversity

Session partner: Woolworths Group, The Consumer Goods Forum

Session partner: Manushya, KTNC Watch, FORUM-ASIA

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

Session partners: Rights CoLab, ELSAM, Institut Mosintuwu, Perempuan Mahardhika, Satya Bumi, WALHI Sulawesi Tengah

From Commitment to Practice: Reviewing National Action Plans on BHR in Southeast Asia

Session partners: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and UN OHCHR

Session partners: Fair Finance Asia, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Oxfam in Asia, Digital Rights Nepal, Digital Rights Foundation

Session partners: UN Development Programme, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber

Session partners: Fair Labor Association, Article One

Session partners: The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association NSW, Medicare Mental Health Centre

Session partners: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Korean Transnational Corporations Watch, Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights and Extractives, Alyansa Tigil Mina

Session partners: Pillar Two and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

Session partners: Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, GIZ Bangladesh, Agency for Business and Economic Development

Session partners: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

Session partner: Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Environmental Justice Foundation

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

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