Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

How to approach human rights impact assessment

Hilton Worldwide’s Caroline Melado explains to Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh the value from human rights impact assessments, what Hilton has learned from the process, and why companies have to look for the risks and not turn the process into a back-slapping exercise.

How Mondelez translates supply chains policy into business success

Jonathan Horrell from Mondelez talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about what a good palm oil action plan should look like and how to use it to implement progress on the ground, why "sustainability" goals need to be fully integrated into all business functions, the pros and cons of cross-sector collaboration initiatives such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and why brands take consumer trust for granted at their peril

Tackling the deforestation and sugar supply chain challenges

Toby Webb and Ian Welsh preview some of the issues and challenges that will frame the debate at Innovation Forum's upcoming deforestation and sugar supply chain conferences, including land use and corporate engagement, campaigners and how far they should be pushing companies in the coming months, and why business is taking the lead in developing sustainable supply chains. 

Use data to tackle human rights risks

James Allan, Verisk Maplecroft's director, human rights and environment, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about some do's and don't for collecting and analysing corporate human rights risks data.

Human rights – the risk mapping challenges

Complexity of supply chains and large numbers of suppliers mean that mapping human rights risks can be a daunting, if necessary, process. Speaking with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh, Cornelia Gomez, ethical and sustainability practice advisor at AsiaInspection, explains how the best companies go about defining human rights risks and their impacts, and using this to improve performance. 

Deforestation risks and access to finance for smallholders

Meredith Bates, chief impact officer at east Africa based New Forests Company, discusses with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh the challenges around developing a sustainable timber supply chain in communities where there are many pressures around land use and access to finance, and the challenges companies face in developing trust with their smallholder suppliers.

L'Oréal on business models for smallholder supplier engagement

Jonathan Maher, L'Oreal's vice president for corporate social responsibilty and sustainabilty, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about developing new business models that benefit smallholder suppliers, the importance of sharing expertise and of transparency in the value chain

Target's complex supply chain goals

Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh asks Irene Quarshie, vice-president, product quality and responsible sourcing, Target, why supply chain transparency is difficult, if auditing can be relied upon, and why the Rana Plaza tragedy was a game changer for brand awareness   

Why Unilever, Nestle and Coca-Cola win on human rights

KnowTheChain's Kilian Moote talks to Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about KTC's new report benchmarking perfomance on human rights and forced labour in the food and beverage sector. There are some interesting results, with leaders you might expect and laggards that are surprising. 

Human rights risks in supply chains – how the sugarcane industry addresses child labour

Child labour is a major challenge for companies in the sugar supply chain. As well as violating international conventions, child labour can pose substantial risks for long-term supplier relationships and consumer trust.

 

This webinar focuses on how companies can mitigate the risk of child labour in their supply chain, as well as proactively putting procedures in place to address instances when they occur.

 

Leading the discussion:

·        Armando Ortega, human and workplace rights director, The Coca-Cola Company

·        Rachel Raba, senior research coordinator, US Department of Labor, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking

·        Jose M. Ramirez, senior programmes and operations officer, International Labour Organization

·        Tomás Regalado, president, Fundazucar

Introduced and moderated by Ian Welsh, publishing director, Innovation Forum