S&D JURI Workshop "People, Planet and Profit – Debating the Future of Due Diligence"
14.00 - 14.30 – Due Diligence – The Road Ahead
Opening remarks from
Ibán García del Blanco, S&D JURI Coordinator
Lara Wolters, S&D MEP, Rapporteur
14.30- 15.15 - Conversation 1 - Ensuring impact and feasibility
Emily Norton - Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD
Phil Bloomer - Executive Director, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Pedro Oliveira - Director, Business Europe
(Q&A session introduced by S&D MEP Tiemo Wölken)
15.15 – 16.00 - Conversation 2 - From multinationals to SME’s – company scope and risk-based due diligence
Luc Hendrickx - SMEUnited
Yuri Herder - Business & Human Rights Advisor, ABN AMRO
Julia Symon - Head of Research and Advocacy, Finance Watch
Gaelle Dusepulchre - Deputy Director, globalisation desk, FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights
(Q&A session introduced by S&D MEP René Repasi)
16.00 -16.45 – Conversation 3 – Stakeholder involvement – burden or asset?
Christopher Patz - ECCJ
Isabelle Schömann – Confederal Secretary, ETUC
Rob Lederer - CEO of the Responsible Business Alliance
(Q&A session introduced by S&D MEP Raphaël Glucksmann)
16.45 - 17.00 Concluding remarks by Lara Wolters, S&D MEP, Rapporteur