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Feb 9, 2026
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
Making remedy real: Securing effective grievance redress for workers
Organised by Fair Wear, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, Grüner Knopf
This session will explore the remediation step of the human rights due diligence cycle, focusing on how harms in...
Feb 9, 2026
10:00 AM
11:15 AM
From audit to accountability: closing performance gaps through stronger social compliance oversight
Organised by Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) and amfori
Strengthening the credibility of social compliance audits has never been more critical, as companies...
Feb 9, 2026
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
The UN Transparency Protocol: Improving access to value-chain due diligence and traceability data...
Organised by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and GIZ
Many of the challenges of due diligence are reduced through increased interoperability of digital data. The United...
Feb 9, 2026
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
Can digital community-based monitoring systems make remedy more accessible and effective? Lessons...
Organised by Global Rights Compliance
This session explores how MyVox, a digital community-based monitoring tool piloted in Pakistan’s garment sector, is helping break the silence around...
Feb 9, 2026
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
The Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative: Overview and updates on country programmes
Organised by The Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative
The Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative (ATTI) is an innovative, manufacturer-led, nationally oriented, and globally...
Feb 9, 2026
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Living wages in the global textile supply chain: an investor point of view
Organised by Platform Living Wage Financials
In this side session, members of the Platform Living Wage Financials will: - Cover why the topic of living wages is important to investors. -...
Feb 9, 2026
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Meaningful stakeholder engagement in practice: Insights from India, Indonesia and Eastern Europe
Organised by Fair Wear, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, Green Button, CNV International
Meaningful stakeholder engagement (MSE) must be continuous, reciprocal, and based on good faith;...
Feb 9, 2026
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
Invisible no more: Elevating India’s cotton growers’ voices in HREDD
Organised by The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA)
Cotton is the world’s second most produced fibre, yet millions of smallholder farmers remain invisible at...
Feb 9, 2026
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
Mitigating and Remediating Adverse Impact: Addressing Child Labour Risks in the Textile Sector
Organised by The Centre for Child Rights and Business, The Remedy Project
The garment and footwear sectors face significant challenges related to human rights, particularly concerning the...
Feb 9, 2026
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Used, exported ... ignored? Rethinking due diligence in used textile flows
Organised by Accelerating Circularity, BSR and WWF
As fashion brands and policymakers push for circularity, robust due diligence is critical to ensuring that used textile flows support—not...
Feb 9, 2026
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
When workers are silenced for exercising their rights: Countering criminalisation and advancing...
Organised by Worker Rights Consortium (WRC)
Across Asia’s garment and footwear sector, workers who exercise their fundamental rights are criminalised as a form of retaliation and repression....
Feb 9, 2026
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
Beyond wage data collection: Wage verification and gender equity in the pursuit of living wages
Organised by Fair Labor Association and ISEAL
In this session, FLA and ISEAL will share recent insights and practical lessons on verifying wage data in supply chains, with a focus on...
Feb 9, 2026
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Due diligence for fast fashion and forced labour risks in migrant supply chains
Organised by Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)
The first part of the session will explore practical and effective approaches to addressing key social compliance challenges...
Feb 9, 2026
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Corporate accountability and intersectional gender justice in Mexico’s garment industry: Voices...
Organised by Proyecto de Derechos Económicos Sociales y Culturales (ProDESC), Colectiva de Mujeres Rosa Luxemburgo (CROL), Oxfam México, Fundación Avina, Ethos Innovación en Políticas...
Feb 9, 2026
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Toward fair and decent labor migration – Credible due diligence of labor recruitment
Organised by Social Accountability International (SAI) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers power the global garment and footwear...
Feb 10, 2026
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Data-Driven Organising in Indonesia’s Garment Sector - From Compliance to Change
Organised byWageIndicator Foundation, Makin Terang program consortium
This side session highlights how the Makin Terang program advances transparency of working conditions and data-driven...
Feb 10, 2026
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
Reducing Burden, Increasing Impact: Collaborative Approach for Effective Due Diligence
Organised by The Industry We Want
This session, hosted by The Industry We Want (TIWW) for the Retailer Roundtable (RRT), will explore the essential and often overlooked role of third-party...
Feb 10, 2026
11:45 AM
1:15 PM
A trade union - Just transition manifesto for the textile and garment supply chain
Organised by TUAC, IndustriALL Global Union, IndustriAll European Trade Union, ITUC
A Just Transition is centred on human rights, labour protections and gender equity at every level of the...
Feb 10, 2026
11:45 AM
1:15 PM
From principles to practice: Addressing caste and advancing nondiscrimination in supply chains
Organised by Fair Labor Association (FLA), National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) and Arisa
Nondiscrimination is a cornerstone of...
Feb 10, 2026
11:45 AM
1:15 PM
Putting HREDD into practice in leather supply chains - building on lessons from Bangladesh
Organised by Ethical Trading Initiative Bangladesh, co-organisers: Ethical Trading Initiative, Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), and Mondiaal FNV
This side session will share new insights...
Feb 10, 2026
1:15 PM
2:15 PM
Building a brand roadmap to a just energy transition for Bangladesh’s garment sector
Organised by Stand.earth and Oxfam in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the seventh most climate vulnerable nation worldwide, and the second biggest exporter of textiles. Fashion brands have a due...
Feb 10, 2026
1:15 PM
2:15 PM
Practical pathways for stakeholder involvement in risk assessment
Organised by Due Diligence Design
This session will share new research on “blackout zones” in garment supply chains, practical case studies and trade union insights on meaningful engagement....
Feb 10, 2026
2:15 PM
3:15 PM
Making Trade Work for Circularity: Guidelines for a Technical-Regulation for Second-Hand Textiles
Organised by: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC)
This side-session to the 2026 OECD...
Feb 10, 2026
2:15 PM
3:15 PM
Supply chain intelligence: Driving transparency and due diligence in fashion
Organised by Fairly Made
This virtual side session will examine how Supply Chain Intelligence and emerging technologies can strengthen due diligence in the fashion sector. Speakers will...
Feb 10, 2026
3:15 PM
4:15 PM
Closing the traceability–due diligence gap
Organised by Verité and Responsible Sourcing Network / YESS
Nearly 90% of respondents in a recent USFIA benchmarking study reported having mapped their apparel supply chains from Tier 1 to...
Feb 10, 2026
3:15 PM
4:15 PM
Digital Product Passports and OECD Due Diligence in Fashion Supply Chains
Organised by GO TRACE
This session explores how DPPs can support OECD due diligence in global fashion and textile supply chains. Open Supply Hub will share how framing basic supply chain...
Feb 10, 2026
4:15 PM
5:45 PM
Driving Compensation Improvements through Factory Interventions: Insights from Wage Management...
Organised by H&M Group, Target, Decathlon
How can factory-level interventions generate real improvements for workers - and how can collaboration amplify impact? This session explores Wage...
Feb 10, 2026
4:15 PM
5:45 PM
Fighting for workers' rights: Addressing heat challenges for workers in the garment industry for a...
Organised by CCC (Clean Clothes Campaign) & WSM (We Social Movements)
Global rising temperatures, a direct consequence of the current climate crisis, are driving extreme heat, impacting...
Feb 10, 2026
4:15 PM
5:00 PM
Improving worker compensation in Ethiopia: Insights from the special economic zone
Organised by GIZ
The share of workers covered by a living wage in Ethiopia remains marginal. While wage regulation is beginning to gain traction in recent policy frameworks, the ambition...
Feb 13, 2026
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Keeping workers safe during periods of extreme heat: Lessons and recommendations from a study to...
Organised by Ethical Trading Initiative, Royal Holloway, University of London
Extreme heat is a human rights risk rapidly increasing in saliency, including for workers in the apparel and...
Feb 13, 2026
9:00 AM
10:15 AM
“Now my role is more than organising meetings!” - Meaningful worker-management collaboration as a...
Organised by CARE Impact Partners & Yayasan CARE Peduli (CARE Indonesia)
"For due diligence to be effective, Apparel brands need visibility of factory workplace issues and confidence in...
Feb 13, 2026
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
From Policy to Proof: Ensuring Animal Welfare in Textile Supply Chains. The vital components of...
Organised by FOUR PAWS International
Animal welfare is now recognised as a material issue in textiles and is explicitly reflected in the 2023 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises....
Feb 13, 2026
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
Stakeholder engagement further down the lower tiers of the textile supply chain in Vietnam:...
Organised by atlat GmbH, deuter Sport GmbH, ORTOVOX Sportartikel GmbH, CARE Deutschland e.V., TRUNG TÂM PHÁT TRIỂN VÀ HỘI NHẬP / Center for Development and Integration (CDI)
This session...
Feb 13, 2026
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
Textile Collections: The Next Opportunity in Circular Textiles
Organised by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) and Circle Economy
As used textile policy rapidly evolves, ‘textile waste’ has become a critical focus in global due diligence...
Feb 13, 2026
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
Finding the common thread: Joining the EU Textiles Ecosystem Platform
Organised by European Commission (DG GROW), EISMEA, EY, SDA Bocconi School of Management
The EU Textiles Ecosystem Platform (https://transition-pathways.europa.eu/textiles-ecosystem) is a...
Feb 13, 2026
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
The true cost: Addressing wage violations in Pakistan's garment factories
Organised by Labour Behind the Label, ARISA, ECCHR, FemNet, Home Based Women Workers Federation
Garment workers in Pakistan are subjected to excessive working hours, poverty wages, wage...
Feb 13, 2026
12:15 PM
1:30 PM
Reweaving Supply Chain Governance: Lessons from the Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice
Organised by Asia Floor Wage Alliance and Global Labor Justice
The Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice (CJA) is the second enforceable supply chain agreement in Asia to address GBVH...
Feb 13, 2026
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
Evaluating Grievance Mechanism Effectiveness: Insights from Amader Kotha Helpline in Bangladesh’s...
Organised by Primark, The Remedy Project, Amader Kotha Helpline led by Phulki, LRQA, and The Cahn Group
As global expectations around responsible business conduct and access to remedy...
Feb 13, 2026
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
Making due diligence actionable: Linking global initiatives with worker-centered systems
Organised by Good Business Lab, Shahi Exports and Social & Labor Convergence Program
How can global frameworks effectively connect with the shop floor? This session examines how integrating...
Feb 13, 2026
2:45 PM
3:45 PM
ABVTEX 15 Years Program: Education, engagement, and due diligence for a sustainable fashion value...
Organised by Brazilian Textile Retail Association (ABVTEX) and Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (Abit)
Over the past 15 years, the ABVTEX PROGRAM has become a benchmark in...
Feb 13, 2026
2:45 PM
4:15 PM
How to make operational level grievance mechanisms work
Organised by WE Program, Fenix Outdoor International AG, Beirholms Væverier A/S
While businesses invest in complex complaint systems in high-risk supply chains, number of complaints often...
Feb 13, 2026
4:15 PM
5:15 PM
Compliance to action: Navigating forced labor trade enforcement
Organised by Better Trade Collective
Addressing forced labor requires more than strong policies—it requires systems that companies can operationalize to assess their supply chains and...
Feb 13, 2026
4:15 PM
5:00 PM
Sustainable supply chains in turbulent times: regional differences in suppliers’ experiences of...
Organised by Cascale Better Buying
Cascale Better Buying data on the purchasing practices of global brands and retailers, collected anonymously from suppliers at a time of unprecedented...