Pro bono supported business law, human rights, professionalism, and legal ethics seminars – delivered by BABSEACLE, and law firm partners, DLA Piper, HSF Kramer and White & Case, equip current and future lawyers to integrate human rights principles into counsel and compliance, fostering accountable, ethical corporate practices.

Is it a Just Transition – or just A transition? As we drive the transition away from fossil fuels, we must not repeat the sins of the old fossil fuel industry. Join us to explore 10 principles for the rapid, equitable, and just transition to renewable energy systems.

How do we support communities to respond to projects from a place of power? Learn about International Accountability Project's Early Warning System, which shares information about projects at early stages, and how EarthRights International supports community-led research as a tool for communities to make informed decisions about projects.

Strengthening access to effective remedy during crises requires collaboration among governments, businesses, civil society, affected communities, and international organizations. This cafe will examine practical experiences from membership organization in Japan, highlighting lessons from grievance mechanisms, challenges facing migrant workers, and strategies to strengthen accountability, and accessible human rights remedy systems.

If Forced Labor Has a Supply Chain — So Should Accountability! Explore practical lessons from litigation, import controls, trade measures, seafood governance, seafood procurement practices,and worker advocacy that can move beyond compliance to create meaningful accountability and systemic change for migrant workers in the global seafood supply chain.

Everyone agrees multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential to tackling supply chain risks, so why does it remain so hard in practice? Drawing on real cases from the recent SMETA consultations with stakeholders, this session moves beyond principle to confront who's responsible, what blocks action, and how we make collaboration actually happen.

Drawing on their experience conducting both company-led and community-led human rights impact assessments, Oxfam in Asia and Sal Forest will share how HRIAs can identify risks through meaningful engagement with affected workers, communities, companies, and other stakeholders. The pitch will highlight lessons on translating evidence into practical mitigation measures, remedies, and accountable human rights action plans.

Explore practical approaches to Human Rights Due Diligence, worker empowerment, and access to remedy through Change Alliance's implementation experience across garment and home textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing supply chains. Discover practical tools, worker-centred methodologies, independent grievance mechanisms, and lessons that strengthen responsible business conduct, resilience, and accountability across Asia-Pacific.

As Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) becomes more widely adopted, how can we distinguish meaningful implementation from procedural compliance? Explore why a credible assurance system matters, discuss the limitations of comparing HRDD across companies, and discover how FIHRRST's BHRISC approach can strengthen accountability, consistency, and trust.

The energy transition runs on minerals and Southeast Asia sits on some of the richest deposits on earth, powering the low-carbon shift. As global demand accelerates and new trade agreements race to secure supply chains, the safeguards haven't kept pace. The Orang Lom indigenous community in Indonesia, the heart of the world's tin supply, is one such example. There, has watched their ancestral land become what advocates now call a "sacrifice zone." This is not a local story. It's a governance failure playing out across ASEAN's mineral frontier and it's a financial risk hiding in plain sight. What can we do?

Discover how a child rights lens can strengthen sustainability disclosures and create strategic value for business. Join The Centre for Child Rights and Business and UNICEF to explore key findings from UNICEF's Making Children Count study, covering 1,399 companies across nine Asian markets, and discuss practical approaches to addressing blind spots, improving reporting quality and driving meaningful action.

Plastic pollution is a business and human rights issue. Explore how communities across the Asia-Pacific region are using legal frameworks and grievance mechanisms to hold consumer goods companies accountable. We will examine how Human Rights Due Diligence and the UN Guiding Principles, through policy reforms, can drive meaningful corporate action, address greenwashing, and strengthen accountability.