Webinars on Human Rights Due Diligence and Risk management in Agri-Food Chains

The Dutch IRBC Food Products Agreement is offering a series of 5 webinars on OECD due diligence and company regulations. The webinars will introduce you to the human rights involved and provide you with better understanding on what executing due diligence implies including key interventions to address the risks and adverse impacts in supply chains. Additional regional training on risk assessments in agri-food chains will take place in 2022.

Agreement for the Food Products Sector

Sector and civil society organisations, trade unions and the Dutch national government have signed the IRBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector. Together, they will minimise the risks of negative impacts, including human rights violations and environmental damage, and work towards a more sustainable production chain in the food products sector.

Target group

These webinars are interesting for:

  • Companies working in agri-food supply chains, in need of more insights in risk management and Due diligence
  • Civil Society Organizations representing stakeholders in the supply chain in need of more insights in claiming and negotiating stakeholder rights and awareness on access to remedy
  • Consultants, researchers or knowledge based institutions working towards improving OECD and UNGP guidelines

Themes of the webinars

The webinars focus on different subjects:

  • An introduction to Human Rights Due Diligence in agri-food supply chains
  • Labor Conditions risks in agri-food supply chains
  • Living Income and Living Wage in agri-food supply chains
  • Child labor and forced labor in agri-food supply chains 
  • Environmental risks in agri-food supply chains

Registration

If you are interested in participating, please follow this link for registration and more information.

RDE