18 September | 09:00-10:15 ICT

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

Organized by:

STITCH Partnership
Inno

Background

This session will spotlight how to accelerate access to effective remedies for vulnerable groups within the garment supply chain. During the session, STITCH will launch the Technical Guidance on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement, which offers a practical roadmap mainly for brands, but also for factories, governments, and CSOs, seeking to involve all supply chain stakeholders in shaping human rights due diligence. We will spotlight how vulnerable groups can move from the margins to the centre of business and policy decision-making. Inno Community Development Organisation will identify practical strategies and models for implementing effective, context-specific remedy mechanisms that genuinely empower affected communities. Inno will also discuss why workers’ voices matter for any remedies and the detachment of local remedies and headquarter policies.

Key Objectives

by launching the MSE Technical Guidance, we spotlight how rights-holders can move from the margins to the centre of business and policy decision-making
Showcase Localisation Strategies: To explore and present innovative, rights-holder-centric approaches to localising remedy mechanisms. This includes examining the role of grassroots initiatives, community-based grievance mechanisms, and culturally sensitive dispute resolution processes.
Promote Multi-stakeholder Engagement: To foster a dialogue among businesses, governments, and civil society on how to collaboratively build more inclusive, protective, and participatory ways of engagement

Guiding Questions

By strengthening stakeholder engagement, we strengthen remedy: better-informed decisions, more trusted grievance systems, and long-term prevention of harm.
Empowering local actors is crucial: Sustainable and impactful remedies are best achieved when affected communities and local civil society organisations are at the forefront of designing, implementing, and overseeing grievance and remediation processes.

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