It is critical to make industries more sustainable, but we also need to ensure a Just Transition for workers. Our new 'Global Garment Workers Count' paper https://t.co/QFO20N4KGE documents the size & shape of the global garment workforce - essential for Just Transition planning.

Katalyst organised the Future of Global Value Chain Governance Conference - no time to lose in creating the next generation of value chain governance for a #JustTransition. https://t.co/bPlG97XfN5

New paper with our friends from the UvA Responsible Business Conduct Lab!

One of the fundamental resources for human rights due diligence.

University of Amsterdam's Responsible Business Conduct Lab, led by Luc Fransen @UvA_AISSR, launched at trade union museum De Burcht. Katalyst is a partner & advises on the lab's innovative research on value chain governance. https://t.co/PlqEqjSnq1

#Breaking EU Member States formally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive #CSDDD this morning – the final sign-off of this landmark corporate accountability law - after almost a decade of advocacy. Member states have 2 years to transpose into national laws

Looking forward participating in this really interesting event. Registration is now open.

The week explores how due diligence and other value chain regulations are put to practice through technology (eg for risk assessment, chain mapping, data collection, stakeholder consultation, ...). What do these tools offer, in what framework do they operate & what are limits?

w/ presentations & workshops from tech & business practice by @SedexCSR, @Ulula4good, @integrity_next, @prewave, @SatelligenceEO, @AndWider, @Loening @TaylorWessingDE, Markus Löning (and more tbc!) Keynotes by Prof Larry Catá Backer (@BackerLarry) & Prof Galit Sarfaty (@UofTLaw)

Policy perspectives from @OECD, @EU_Commission & @BAFA_Bund (tbc) Critical discussions with @A__Beckers, Martin Curley (@Katalyst_Init), Michelle Westermann-Behaylo (and others tbc!), Scholarships available for PhD researchers and MA students

Een Europese wet verantwoord ondernemen is binnen handbereik. Maar Macron, Meloni en de Duitse liberalen hebben hun oren laten hangen naar de fabeltjes van de bedrijfslobby. Het kan nog, maar de tijd dringt voor lidstaten om het akkoord alsnog goed te keuren #IMVO#WetgevingNu

Katalyst participated in the @OECD Forum on the garment sector this week. A good reminder that definitions of 'progress' towards a fair and sustainable industry vary enormously depending on who you're talking to.

We joined @cornellilr Global Labor Institute for a series of presentations on 'Higher Ground' - a report KI contributed to about heat and flood risks to garment workers. One of the highlights was a roundtable at the European Parliament, with @saskiabricmont and @cleanclothes.

Today, @EUCouncil, @Europarl_EN & @EU_Commission will discuss #CSDDD in #trilogue Will they protect the rights of #workers in the #garmentsector or will they weaken the text? Here are 5 things garment sector workers need in CSDDD: 🧵 (1/6)

Katalyst spoke this week with Professor Elena Sychenko’s ESG Compliance class at @Unibo, discussing human rights and climate risks in supply chains, and steps that can be taken to address them.

KI's Martin Curley was a guest lecturer this week at @cornellilr. Joined Prof. Sarosh Kuruvilla's class on labour practices in global supply chains & had a great discussion with students on the role of NGOs in trying to secure responsible business conduct.

Two themes from yesterday's workshop that should inform the final #CSDDD: 1. Justice is only possible if people have realistic ways to access its systems; and 2. Businesses alone cannot be allowed to define effective due diligence. @ECCJorg @foeeurope @Frank_Bold

Meanwhile Martin Curley is joining the 'Transforming Ownership in Times of Overlapping Crises' conference by @UniUtrecht and @UvA_Amsterdam where lots of innovative ideas are being discussed.

Lots of exciting ideas this week. KI's Anne Lally participated in yesterday's @ETUI_org #Tranformativeideas conference, looking at ways to ensure a Just Transition.

Katalyst was pleased to contribute policy analysis & data insights to this new @cornellilr report on the need for climate adaptation to protect garment workers, companies & economies.