Contributions Overview
Key Learnings from amfori’s Events on “Responsible Business Conduct and Access to Remedy” in Vietnam
Following the completion of the pilot for Speak for Change, amfori Supply Chain Grievance Mechanism programme, amfori organised a series of events on “Responsible Business Conduct and Access to Remedy” in Vietnam. The events aimed to seek feedback from stakeholders’ experience related to access to remedy and develop strategies to improve the mechanism and ensure the successful scale-up to other countries.
Event Roundup: The 27th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum
On 1 December 2022, amfori and the China Sustainability Tribune co-hosted the 27th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum online.
The amfori Climate Lab is a new initiative to raise climate awareness, deepen the conversation with amfori members, assess gaps and brainstorm collectively on ways to improve together and support each other. It intends to capitalise on the pool of resources and good work that amfori members and partners are building.
amfori pledges to accelerate the Retail Race to Zero
At the closing of United Nations Biodiversity Conference: COP15, amfori announced they are making a pledge to become Accelerators for the Race to Zero.
amfori enters into a new Partnership with UNIDO
amfori’s president Linda Kromjong signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) together with Gerd Mueller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation on shared interest areas for driving the #ESG.
Watch the After-Movie and the Sessions of the amfori Annual Event
We just released the after-movie of the amfori Annual Event that you can watch below:
amfori Annual Event / Responsible Trade, Sustainable Supply Chains
Save The Date: amfori Annual Event 19-20 October 2022 The amfori annual event brings together international businesses, stakeholders, policy-makers and sustainability practitioners to collaborate and exchange views on responsible trade and sustainable supply chains.
Event Roundup: The 26th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum
On 22 July 2022, amfori and China Sustainability Tribune, co-hosted the 26th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum. It was held in Beijing in a hybrid mode. The event themed “Empower Low-Carbon Supply Chains and Transformation Opportunities Brought by Best Practices" and was moderated by Mr. Yu Zhihong, President and Editor-in-chief of the China Sustainability Tribune, attracting a total of 140,000 persons from China and across the globe online and offline.
The 26th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum
On 21 July 2022, the 26th Sino-European CSR Round table forum will be held online. As a professional and practical communication platform and channel for corporate social responsibility, the theme of this forum will be “Empower Low-Carbon Supply Chains: Transformation Opportunities Brought by Best Practices."
Discussions on Forced Labour Pick Up Steam as EU Steps Up Dialogue
Over the last couple of years governmental legislative actions addressing forced labour have seen a marked rise. Amongst the key actions has been the European Commission’s announcement by President von der Leyen in her State of the Union address of September 2021: it intends to keep the EU market free from products made, extracted or harvested with forced labour, whether they are made in the EU or elsewhere in the world.
amfori Pledges with the UN on Traceability and Transparency of Supply Chains
amfori has made a Pledge to 'increase the visibility and transparancy of social and environmental conditions in supply chains'. This is a week where global actors are focusing on environment-related issues, with the 50th edition of World Environment Day and the UN preparatory meeting for the next global summit on climate action, COP 27.
Event Roundup: amfori-ILO RSCA Webinar on Gender Equality in Business and Supply Chains in Asia
On 8 April 2022, amfori, in collaboration with the International Labor Organization Responsible Supply Chains in Asia Programme (ILO RSCA), organised a webinar on the theme Gender Equality in Business and Supply Chains: Empowering Women during Post-Pandemic Recovery in Asia, which was attended by more than 110 brands, producers and experts in the field.
On 25 March, amfori President Linda Kromjong delivered a presentation at a side session organized by the International Organisation of Employers of the UN 3rd South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights.
Human Rights Due Diligence South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights
amfori hosted a session on Human Rights Due Diligence within the 2022 UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights
Collective Action – The Integrity Journey
In 2020 amfori partnered with Alliance for Integrity (AFIN) and set out on an integrity journey in India.