Sustainability

Understanding Responsible Supply Chains in Fashion and Textiles with the OECD

Date:
30 April 2024
Time:
2pm - 3pm
Location:
Online

The UK Fashion Textile Association (UKFT) is hosting a series of webinars on sustainability topics as part of its Sustainability 101 series. This is part of UKFTs goal to simplify the journey towards sustainability and help companies make the right choices by providing unbiased industry-specific guidance. We are pleased to announce that Julia del Valle and Andrea Schill from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will be speaking at the fifth episode of the webinar series Understanding Responsible Supply Chains in Fashion Textile on 30 April 2024. They will be discussing the OECDs approach to Responsible Business Conduct and Due Diligence for Garment and Footwear Manufacturers. The OECD guidance is highly influential and gaining great traction within the fashion industry underpinning many policy initiatives standards and legislations addressing both human rights and environmental due diligence internationally. This webinar will cover: Introduction to OECD Standards on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) and evolving RBC policy environment Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear sector: Presentation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector Overview of the 6-step due diligence framework The role of certifications in due diligence To note: UKFT members can email sustainability@ukft.org to join for free. This webinar can be watched back on demand.

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