08:30 – 09:00 Welcome coffee (Conference Centre)
09:00 – 12:15 - Plenary 2: Facilitating reporting, disclosure and data exchange under due diligence legislation | Room CC4
09:00 – 09:30 - The OECD provided a short presentation regarding current practice as well as opportunities to facilitate data collection and reporting under due diligence policy and regulation. The OECD introduced the breakout group discussions.
Presenter, Benjamin Michel, Policy Analyst, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD
09:30 – 11:00 - Breakout group discussions Three breakout groups explored concrete examples related to due diligence reporting, disclosure, data collection and exchange across the supply chain. Each breakout benefited from practitioners and expert perspectives and experience. The discussion considered opportunities for scaling effective approaches to support reporting entities, suppliers, and standard-setters/regulators.
Breakout group 1: Facilitating due diligence data provision from suppliers | Room CC4
This breakout session explored tools and solutions that support suppliers in responding to data and information requests from buyers seeking to comply with due diligence legislation.
Moderator, Hannah Koep-Andrieu, Head of Due Diligence, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD, with interventions from:
- Iqra Asghar Inam, Head of Sustainability, Sapphire Textile
- Catalina Fernandez Silva, Senior Project Manager, Drive Sustainability
- Trizer Omugar, Green trade specialist, TradeMark Africa
Breakout 2: Supporting interoperability for data exchange across the supply chain | Room CC20
This breakout session considered initiatives aimed at developing interoperability standards on data exchange across supply chains (e.g. UN Transparency Protocol) and potential use cases for streamlining data exchange.
Moderator, Benjamin Katz, Minerals Sector Lead, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD, with interventions from:
- Hannah Nguyen, Director for Digital Ecosystems, ICC Digital Standards Initiative
- Tyler Gillard, Chief Strategy Officer, Responsible Business Alliance
- Lars Kahnert, Advisor Digitalisation, GIZ/DIASCA
Breakout 3: Promoting streamlined & meaningful reporting by regulated entities | Room D
This breakout session examined disclosure requirements for regulated entities. The session discussed opportunities and challenges for meaningful due diligence reporting (e.g. appropriate levels of granularity, disclosure of sensitive information) and solutions for streamlining.
Moderator, Barbara Bijelic, Head of Regulations and Standards, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD, with interventions from:
- Ophelia Claude, Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings
- Rachel Davis, Vice President and Co-Founder, Shift
- Virginie Mahin, Senior Director, Global Social Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Mondelez International
- Lene Bjørn Serpa, Director, Head of Corporate Sustainability at A.P. Moller – Maersk
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15 - Reporting back session Room CC4
12:15 - 14:00 Networking lunch (Château de la Muette)
14:00 - 15:15 Plenary 3: Due diligence policy co-operation: priorities and objectives going forward
Interactive and closed-door session to identify priorities and needs of policy makers and set the strategic direction for future meetings and activities of the Platform.
Moderator, Allan Jorgensen, Head of the Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD
15:15 - 15:30 Closing remarks by Christine Kaufmann, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct
