High-level Conference on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector
High-level Conference on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector
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09:00 - 09:10 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General, European External Action Service
09:10 - 10.00 OPENING ADDRESSES
Chaired by Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
- Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
- Arne Lietz, Member of European Parliament, DEVE Committee SPEECH
- Raja Manzoor Ahmad Kayani, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development, Government of Pakistan SPEECH
10:00 - 10:45 FIRST PLENARY SESSION, PART I: Engaging in responsible supply chains
Chaired by Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
Key-note speeches
- Pablo Isla, Chairman and CEO of Inditex DOWNLOAD
- Gerald Heerdegen, CEO of Fahnengärtner DOWNLOAD
- Jyrki Raina, Secretary General of IndustriALL Global Union
10:45 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 FIRST PLENARY SESSION, PART II: Engaging in responsible supply chains
Chaired by Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
Presentation: Key issues in the garment supply chain and what to do about them
- Rupa Ganguli and Bart Slob, garment supply chain experts DOWNLOAD
Perspectives on engaging in responsible supply chains
- Jonas Eder-Hansen, Danish Fashion Institute and Copenhagen Fashion Week DOWNLOAD
- An interview on sustainable fashion with Barbara Í Gongini, Designer
A designer's view on empowering women
- Stella Jean, Designer DOWNLOAD
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH BUFFET
Marketplace of ideas: Boards displaying posters by selected initiatives will be set up at the Foyer of Room De Gasperi/Charlemagne building, showcasing their engagement and multi-stakeholder collaboration efforts. DOWNLOAD THE LIST
From 13:00 – 13:30, all participants are invited to visit the marketplace for ad hoc presentations and networking.
13:30 - 14: 45 PARALLEL SESSIONS: Exploring success stories and challenges
Two interactive parallel sessions will each host four selected initiatives and focus on lessons learnt, good practices that can be scaled up and the power of collaboration.
| Session 1 | Session 2 | ||
| Room | De Gasperi | Jenkins (no interpretation in this room) | |
| Moderator | Sandra Gallina, Director for Sustainable Development, DG TRADE | Pedro Ortun, Principal Advisor for CSR, DG GROW | |
| 13:30 – 13:45 |
OECD Work on Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear sector Presenter: Tyler Gillard, Project Head, OECD Investment Division |
Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) and Initiative Clause Sociale (ICS): Merger of two Social Compliance Initiatives Presenters: Bernardo Cruza, Head of CSR and Value Chain, El Corte Inglés, and Carole Hommey, Director of Initiative Clause Sociale |
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| 13:50 – 14:05 |
German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles Presenters: Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann, Director GIZ, Partnership Secretariat, and Andreas Streubig, Division Manager Corporate Responsibility, Otto Group |
Sweden Textile Water Initiative: Lessons learned from a successful scale-up of a global textile initiative Presenters: Rami AbdelRahman, Programme Manager, and Susmita Kamath, engineer, Sweden Textile Water Initiative |
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| 14:10 – 14:25 |
EU SWITCH Asia project SMART Myanmar – SMEs for Environmental Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency Presenters: Simone Lehman, Project Director SMART Myanmar, and Khine Khine Nwe, Secretary General of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association |
The Buyers Forum in Pakistan Presenters: Tanja Gonggrijp, Department for Sustainable Economic Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, and Sibbe Krol, Program Officer Apparel & Electronics, Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) |
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| 14:30 – 14:45 |
Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and H&M: the HIGG environmental facility module Presenters: Baptiste Carriere-Pradal, Vice-President Europe, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and Hendrik Alpen, Head of Sustainability Reporting, H&M |
ILO/IFC Better Work Programme: The Case of Cambodia Presenters: Esther Germans, Country Programme Manager, Better Factories Cambodia |
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14:45 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00 - 15:15 SECOND PLENARY SESSION, PART I: Wrap up of parallel sessions
This session will allow for sharing the discussion results from the parallel sessions.
15:15 SECOND PLENARY SESSION, PART II: Engaging jointly for increased effectiveness
Chaired by Antti Karhunen, Head of Unit C4-Private Framework Development, Trade, Regional Integration, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
Key-note speeches: the need for action
- Nazma Akter, President, Sammilita Garment Sramik Federation and General Secretary of Awaj Foundation, Bangladesh
- Zahoor Awan, General Secretary of Pakistan Workers Federation
High-level panel:
How can multi-stakeholder approaches like an EU garment initiative contribute to responsible business conduct in global value chains? How to narrow-down potential fields of action?
Moderated by Guus Houttuin, Adviser Trade Issues and Business Coordinator, European External Action Service
- Jason Kibbey, CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
- Erica van Doorn, Director Fair Wear Foundation
- Gilbert Houngbo, Deputy Director General at International Labour Organisation
- Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Richard Howitt, Member of European Parliament and Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility
- Carole Crabbé, General secretary of achACT, Clean Clothes Campaign DOWNLOAD
16:30 - 16:50 CLOSING REMARKS
Chaired by Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
- Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation SPEECH
- Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility SPEECH
- Mujibul Haque Chunnu, State Minister of Labour and Employment, People's Republic of Bangladesh
16:50 - 17:00 CONCLUSION AND WRAP UP
- Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
Conference Report DOWNLOAD