Workshop

Navigating Due Diligence: A Practical Simulation Lab for Local Solutions

ORGANIZED BY

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Responsible Business Helpdesk Pakistan, The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Due Diligence Fund, The Centre for Child Rights and Business, Our Rights, Our Voice Rightsholders’ Platform

16-Sep

15:45-17:15

Meeting Room H

This interactive workshop bridges the gap between increasing regulatory HREDD requirements, the opportunities they create, and practical implementation. Participants will work on real-world case studies, use the EU Due Diligence Navigator to map local support, and engage directly with initiatives in a world cafe format to learn how they address specific challenges.

What practical challenge will the workshop tackle

Supporting stakeholders to identify and apply practical advisory, financial, and rights-holder-led solutions to address HREDD challenges across Asia-Pacific supply chains.

Who should attend

businesses, suppliers, MSMEs, business associations, chambers of commerce in production countries
civil society organizations, trade unions, worker representatives
organizations offering HREDD support to stakeholders in production countries

Overview

As HREDD expectations grow, stakeholders across Asia-Pacific may wonder how new requirements can be turned into practical action. This workshop bridges regulatory developments and real-world implementation by showcasing local support solutions. Working through three supply chain scenarios from the region, participants use the EU Due Diligence Navigator to find suitable support for each case. In a world café format, participants engage directly with initiatives featured on the Navigator:

Our Rights Our Voice Bangladesh: A Rightsholder Platform channelling workers’ voices and perspectives into brand and manufacturer HREDD processes
Responsible Business Helpdesk Pakistan: A platform supporting Pakistani businesses in adopting responsible business practices through technical guidance and factory-level programs
Due Diligence Fund: A funding competition supporting practical and innovative solutions to implement corporate HREDD processes in agricultural supply chains
Through this multi-stakeholder exchange, participants will leave with practical ideas, new connections and a better understanding of how existing support can help address implementation challenges in their own contexts.

Background

As global HREDD frameworks move into implementation, stakeholders in Asia-Pacific value chains face increasing expectations – but also new opportunities to strengthen competitiveness. At the same time, technical and financial support is often fragmented and difficult to access. This session aims to address this gap by connecting stakeholders with practical support they can use to meet new requirements and improve their practices.

Activities

Participants will take part in a hands-on "HREDD Solution Lab" using case studies and a World Café format. In small groups, they will explore real-world HREDD challenges from Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Pakistan and identify possible solutions using the EU Due Diligence Navigator on their own devices. Afterwards, participants will exchange directly with representatives of selected support initiatives to learn how they are used in practice and discuss lessons learned and implementation challenges.

What participants will gain

A practical tool for support: A clear understanding of how to use the EU Due Diligence Navigator to identify relevant information, guidance, and support for implementing HREDD
A framework for meaningful stakeholder engagement: Insights from Bangladesh on how trade unions, civil society organisations, and worker organizations can work together to develop HREDD processes and structured consultation with brands and suppliers
Practical approaches for factory-level implementation: Lessons from Pakistan’s textile and manufacturing sectors on how to translate HREDD requirements into concrete actions on the factory floor
Access to finance for HREDD implementation: Practical knowledge on how agricultural supply chain actors can use grant funding from the Due Diligence Fund to move from identifying risks to implementing solutions, illustrated by The Centre's Child Rights Action Hub in Sabah

Ali Sampreety

Communication Officer, Awaj Foundation

Ali Sampreety is a member of the Our Rights, Our Voice (OROV) rightsholders platform in Bangladesh, representing Awaj Foundation. Together with 22 other organizations and federations, she works closely within the platform to engage with brands on their HREDD processes. At Awaj Foundation, she works as a Communications Officer. Sampreety is a human rights activist with over five years of experience advancing labor rights, worker-centered crisis response, and responsible business conduct in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. She has extensive expertise in stakeholder engagement, HREDD, and gender-based violence prevention. Sampreety has designed and facilitated capacity-building programs for workers, trade unions, and management, while contributing to advocacy, research, and policy dialogue at both national and international levels.

Ines Kaempfer

CEO, The Centre for Child Rights and Business

Ines is the CEO of The Centre for Child Rights and Business, a global social enterprise headquartered in Hong Kong, with programmes and staff across over 30 countries. With over 15 years of expertise in supply chain sustainability, she has been at the forefront of addressing child rights, labour rights, and human rights issues in Asia and beyond. Since 2014, Ines has been instrumental in guiding The Centre to help businesses understand and address their impact on children, especially within supply chains. She leads the organisation’s strategic direction, overseeing global operations, and engaging with major multinational companies and partners. Ines also drives the development and scaling of innovative child rights and human rights due diligence programmes across diverse industries. Under her leadership, The Centre has grown into a recognised leader in child rights and business, working with an expanding network of international companies and partners to create lasting, positive change for children, youth and parents worldwide.

Laila Tasmia

Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Development Advisor, GIZ

Laila Tasmia works as Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Development Advisor with GIZ Bangladesh leading the implementation of the Our Rights, Our Voice (OROV) project. With 12 years of experience across GIZ, IOM, ActionAid, ICMPD and ASK, Laila contributes at the intersection of business and human rights, labour rights, migration, gender equality and sustainable development. Currently, her work focuses on translating human rights principles into meaningful, participatory and context-responsive due diligence practices, with particular attention to worker voice, gender-responsive approaches and accountability in global supply chains.

Lea Belitz

Advisor, GIZ

Lea Belitz is an Advisor at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) within the Secretariat of the Team Europe Initiative "Sustainability in Global Value Chains". She brings over five years of professional experience in global supply chain sustainability, HREDD, and natural resource governance. Her regional expertise includes work in Cambodia where she focused on promoting HREDD, worker rights, and environmental standards in the textile and garment industry as well as the promotion of sustainable non-timber forest product value chains in Mauritania.

Noor Khan

Technical Advisor - Stakeholder Engagement, GIZ

Mr Noor Khan is a development and sustainability specialist with over 14 years of experience advancing responsible business conduct, human rights, decent work, labour standards, and environmental sustainability across Pakistan's export-oriented industries. He currently serves as Technical Advisor at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Pakistan, where he supports international brands engagement and sustainable transformation of SMEs in the textile, leather, sports goods, surgical instruments, and rice sectors. Throughout his career, Mr Noor has worked closely with government institutions, employers' organizations, trade unions, civil society, international buyers, and development partners to strengthen labour rights and environmental compliance. His expertise includes Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD), responsible sourcing, social dialogue, occupational safety and health, circular economy, traceability, and corporate sustainability. He has supported businesses in aligning with evolving European sustainability legislation and international due diligence requirements.

Qurrat Ul Ain

Vice President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FPCCI)

Ms. Qurrat-Ul-Ain is a nationally recognized private sector leader, women's economic empowerment advocate, and international development practitioner with over 20 years of experience promoting responsible business conduct, human rights, sustainable value chains, and inclusive economic development. She currently serves as Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), representing women entrepreneurs across Pakistan, and is the Chairperson of the FPCCI–UNDP Business & Human Rights Council and Focal Person for the GIZ-supported Responsible Business Help Desk (RBH). Throughout her career, Ms. Qurrat-Ul-Ain has worked extensively with government institutions, the private sector, international development agencies, and business associations to advance Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD), responsible business conduct, gender equality, and workforce development. She has collaborated with organizations including GIZ, UNDP, BMZ, WFCP, WBAF, AHK, BFZ Munich, IHK Trier, and other international partners to strengthen responsible supply chains, public–private partnerships, and institutional capacity. Her leadership has contributed to several landmark initiatives, including the establishment of Pakistan's Responsible Business Help Desk, the development of the Women's Economic Charter 2.0, the promotion of Business and Human Rights initiatives through the FPCCI–UNDP partnership, and the advancement of international workforce mobility and skills development programmes benefiting thousands of youth and women.

Taban Faramarzi

Junior-Advisor, GIZ

Taban Faramarzi has been working with GIZ for two years in the field of private sector development cooperation. She has experience in developing and managing public-private partnerships, with a particular focus on sustainable agricultural supply chains and human rights and environmental due diligence. With an academic background in international management, her work focuses on engaging the private sector in sustainable development.