Moving the Needle 16: The puzzle of due diligence – a detailed look at individual accountability

The European Green Deal and the Textile Strategy set the framework for the due diligence developments for the garment and textile sector. Since the beginning of this development, many have grown familiar with the term, however, given the extent of the potential consequences, a detailed look from Asia is needed.

This session invites the speakers and audience to look beyond the big picture of due diligence and dive into a number of different puzzle pieces around accountability:

- Current status of legislation
- Open questions of suppliers
- Accountability of brands’ examples from Germany
- Accountability of suppliers

The seminar aims to zoom in and allow participants to spend some time accountability, hoping to turn a puzzle with a million pieces into digestible pieces. The seminar ends with some solutions for brands and suppliers.

Speakers

Sajjad Khan

Chair Apparel and Textile Manufacturer Federation

Mr. Khan is currently the chair and founder of the Apparel & Textile Manufacturers Federation and has been involved in garment manufacturing for over 32 years. Furthermore, he is an original Member of the Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership.

Florian Woitek-Kießling

Head of unit, Federal office for economic affairs and export control (BAFA)

Mr. Woitek is a policy expert around due diligence, currently at the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA): He was previously working as a policy officer at the European Commission and combines both regional and national expertise.

Patrick Neyts

Managing Partner, VECTRA International

Visionary CEO of VECTRA International with 35 years of experience across 5 continents and 13 sectors, enables responsible business strategy for large, medium, and small-sized enterprises. His mastery of supply chains fuels responsible competitiveness for each organization he engages with.

Daniel Weiss

Head of Program Green Economy, Adelphi

Visionary CEO of VECTRA International with 35 years of experience across 5 continents and 13 sectors, enables responsible business strategy for large, medium, and small-sized enterprises. His mastery of supply chains fuels responsible competitiveness for each organization he engages with.

Moderator 

Lisa Ramershoven

Sustainability Advisor GIZ

Registration

This "Moving the Needle" seminar is part of the Asian Dialogues series, which aims to bring together industry enthusiasts and representatives – from brands, suppliers, workers, civil society, and government bodies from Asia and beyond. This event series was initiated by GIZ FABRIC with the goal of connecting these stakeholders and fostering knowledge exchange across the industry.

  • When Oct 11, 2023 from 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM (Asia/Bangkok / UTC700)
  • Attendees Sajjad Khan, ATMF Florian Woitek, BAFA Patrick Neyts, VECTRA Int. Daniel Weiss, Adelphi
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