New Norwegian and EU law on supply chain transparency and mandatory due diligence
Join our webinar on the subject Supply Chain Due Diligence and reporting. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the proposal by the Norwegian Government and European Commission on the new supply chain transparency and due diligence requirements. You will also gain practical insight on how companies report on supply chain and undertake due diligence practices. The webinar is hosted by GRI and Kvamme Associates in partnership.
On 10 March the EU parliament adopted a legislative initiative report for a law on mandatory due diligence in supply chains. The report introduces mandatory due diligence to ensure supply chains do not include environmental or human rights violations and calls for fines and sanctions for those found breaching the rules. It also demands better access to justice for victims in third countries. The EU Commission is expected to legislate a binding due diligence directive by June.
On 9 April the Norwegian Government initiated a proposal for a new law on transparency in the supply chain. The proposal suggests that corporations should have good oversight and control of potential severe negative impacts on human and labour rights in their supply chain. Entities are also expected to be transparent about such impacts and how these are managed to reduce negative consequences.
In our seminar you will hear practical examples on supply chain due diligence from Statkraft, Norsk Hydro and the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global.
Agenda
09:00 Welcome and introduction
09:10
Update on the Norwegian Government’s new law on due diligence requirements (Ola Mestad – Professor dr. Juris – University of Oslo – former leader of the committee that drafted the proposal for the new Norwegian law on supply chain transparency and due diligence)09:25
EU’s recent proposal for a new law on supply chain due diligence and GRI’s position (Marco Van der Ree – GRI)09:35
Current reporting trends and expectations by the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (NBIM) (Eiving Fliflet, Senior Analyst Sustainability – NBIM)09:50 Q&A
09:55
Practical implementation of the new law (Else-Cathrine Lund and Irmela van der Bijl Mysen – Kvamme Associates)10:05
Human and labour rights supply chain due diligence (Audun Olstad, VP Sustainability Supply Chain, Group Procurement – Statkraft)10:25
How to report on human and labour rights in the supply chain using the GRI Standards (Jørgen Hanson, CSR Manager – Norsk Hydro)10:45 Q&A
10.55 Concluding remarks