A Government Influencer Series Event
Good Business: Combating Modern Slavery and Forced Labor Supply Chain Risk
On Demand Webcast
Hosted by Thomson Reuters

A Government Influencer live event featuring panelists:

Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings

Nate Herman, Senior Vice President, Policy, American Apparel & Footwear Association

Eric Choy, Executive Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Governments and Industry can team up together to eradicate forced labor, a form of modern slavery, from the business sector and protect vulnerable people from exploitation:

  • Current scale of the problem and the business and human rights obligations the companies face
  • Legislation and policies such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Act and Modern Slavery Act
  • Opportunities governments and companies must leverage for proactive detection and enforcement strategies
  • Approaches to building a risk-based due diligence program
  • The role of public-private partnerships in addressing forced labor in global supply chains
Moderated by

Heather Fischer, Senior Advisor for Human Rights Crimes, Thomson Reuters Special Services and former White House Czar and Special Advisor on Human Trafficking

About the Government Influencer Series:

The Thomson Reuters Government Influencer Series brings together leaders in and around government to discuss the hottest topics in government, current challenges and opportunities to their missions, and how they’re driving innovation in their spaces.

Speakers
Speaker
Valiant Richey
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Speaker
Nate Herman
Senior Vice President, Policy,
American Apparel & Footwear Association
Speaker
Eric Choy
Executive Director,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Moderated By
Speaker
Heather Fischer
Senior Advisor for Human Rights Crimes
Thomson Reuters Special Services, LLC (TRSS)


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