BSR Members Only
Date and Time
November 1, 2023
2:00 pm-4:10 pm
JST
Location
Webinar
Event Resources
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After the United Nations adopted Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) in 2011, legislation on Business and Human Rights has been progressing rapidly in the last few years. In addition to human rights due diligence laws and draft legislation at country level, the EU is moving towards to adopt Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, and South Korea introduced mandatory due diligence bill this year. Japan published a series of guidelines to implement human rights due diligence after launching a National Action Plan (NAP) in 2020. Under these circumstances, stakeholders’ expectations for companies to conduct human rights due diligence and strengthen corporate governance are significantly accelerating.
In the first session of this seminar, Jipyong LLC and BSR will provide an overview of recent trends and developments in human rights due diligence legislation after keynote presentations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and others. The second session will dive into human rights due diligence in supply chain with case studies of company practices in the Asia Pacific and share their successful strategies and lessons learned through their practices.
Agenda
Opening Remarks
- Aron Cramer, President & CEO, BSR
- Sung Taek Lim, Managing Partner, Jipyong LLC
Keynote Presentation
- Pichamon Yeophantong, Member of UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
- Hiroki Matsui, Director, Division for Implementation of Human Rights Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Session 1: Evolving Landscape of Human Rights Due Diligence (Presentation)
- Rosa Kusbiantoro, Director, BSR
- Chang Wook Min, Partner, Jipyong LLC
Break
Session 2: Supply Chain Human Rights Due Diligence—Case Studies of Current Company Practices (Panel Discussion)
- Asako Nagai, Managing Director, BSR (Moderator)
- Yoko Noro, Procurement Dept, Kirin Holdings Company Limited. (Japan)
- Hogene Shin, ESG Manager, SK GAS（South Korea)
- Daphne Hameeteman, General Manager Sustainability, Wilmar International Limited (Singapore)
Q & A Session