Virtual Summit 2023: Day 1

Advancing workers' rights in public buyers supply chains: the potential of the regulatory environment
The first day began with a welcome from Executive Director Björn Claeson, and Electronics Watch highlights from the last year.
It then moved into a panel discussion that highlighted how public buyers are setting expectations and demonstrating higher standards for human rights due diligence, with a focus on the wider regulatory environment. Covering both policy and practice, speakers explored topics including international regulations and the impact of the CSDDD on European procurement, and looked at some of the compliance systems being developed for the German supply chain act. They also examined industry reactions to the Norway Transparency Act and the ways in which public buyers are trying to leverage this legislation to increase transparency and traceability, as well as modern slavery in Australia, and the reasons New South Wales decided to go beyond national legislation.