17 September | 16:15-17:30 ICT

ASEAN's Leap to HRDD by Direct Worker Voice

Organized by:

Bluenumber
MillionMakers
DXN Global

Background

ASEAN is rapidly embedding compliance frameworks for Business and Human Rights in policy and practice beyond simple responses to meeting standards set by international markets. The region is leveraging the opportunity of younger, tech-savvy and digitally-enabled workforces and consumers to evolve rights-based, worker-centric due diligence. Businesses, governments, unions and NGOs all contribute to and benefit from data supplied directly from workers, enabled by digital innovation, including data rights and digital equity. ASEAN offers blueprints for inclusive, tech-enabled compliance that strengthens competitiveness, transparency, and worker empowerment across global supply chains.

Key Objectives

To discuss and present how ASEAN countries are developing regionally relevant HRDD frameworks that align public policy and corporate action to meet evolving global trade and legal requirements.
To show Worker-led HRDD in action by ASEAN MNCs using rights-based digital tools empower workers as rights holders, enabling bottom-up monitoring that enhances transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness across supply chains.
To demonstrate how integrating real-time, worker-driven data into ESG strategies and buyer-supplier relationships can address systemic challenges like economic inequality and audit fatigue while strengthening investor and regulatory confidence.

Guiding Questions

How are ASEAN countries designing regionally relevant HRDD frameworks that align both public policy and corporate practice with global trade and legal requirements?
In what ways are ASEAN MNCs using rights-based digital tools to enable worker-led HRDD, empowering workers as rights holders and driving bottom-up monitoring for transparency and accountability?
How can integrating real-time, worker-driven data into ESG strategies and buyer–supplier relationships help address systemic challenges while building investor and regulatory confidence?

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