Implementing impactful due diligence: A practical perspective from Vietnam

Feb 17, 2023 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Description

OECD-based Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence is increasingly becoming the norm for mandatory and voluntary regulation across market countries. How can policies be shaped and implemented to realise positive impact on working conditions and the environment? Policy makers and industry experts from Europe and Vietnam discuss this in a two panel, two country Forum session connecting Hanoi and Paris through a partnership between the OECD and The Industry We Want.

Thanh Hai Nguyen

Institute for Human Rights, Ho Chi Minh National...

Associate Professor

Pham Thi Thanh Tam

Chairwoman, Vietnam Textile and Garment Trade...

Member of the Executive Committee, Vietnam...

Alexander Kohnstamm

Fair Wear Foundation

Executive Director

Matthijs Crietee

International Apparel Federation

Secretary General

Anosha Wahidi

Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation...

Head of Division and Commissary for...

Van Binh Nguyen

Vietnam

Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Labour,...

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