OECD side session 11.02.2025: Addressing Environmental & Labor Rights Risks, Worker & Community-Based Monitoring for Due Diligence

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This webinar, which is part of the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Clothing and Footwear Sector 2025, explores how Worker-Based Monitoring (WBM) and Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) can transform companies' due diligence obligations in global supply chains. The discussion, organised by the Bangladesh Labor Foundation (BLF), FEMNET, WageIndicator Foundation, ESDO, Hej Support International and other key stakeholders, highlights how data collection by rights holders empowers workers, trade unions and communities to advocate for better labour rights, social security and environmental protection.

Key topics discussed:

  • Worker & Community-Based Monitoring (WBM & CBM) - How these tools contribute to transparency, accountability and fair work practices
  • Due Diligence Challenges - Gaps in Traditional Audits, Compliance with Corporate Rules and Complaint Mechanisms
  • Data collection and validation - ensuring accurate assessment of occupational and environmental risks
  • Empowering rights holders - How workers and local communities can drive sustainable change
  • Gender and safety at work - addressing gender-based violence, occupational risks and social security of workers

Insights from the panellists:

  • Worker Voices in Due Diligence - Beyond Corporate Audits to Real Stakeholder Engagement
  • Empowerment of trade unions - Strengthening collective bargaining through data-driven strategies
  • Environmental hazards in industrial areas - Toxic pollution, health risks and impact on the Community
  • Future of due diligence - integration of legal frameworks, compliance with labour law and grassroots activism

Why this is important:

As global brands are subject to increased regulatory scrutiny through laws such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD), the involvement of workers and communities in monitoring ethical supply chains, labour equity and environmental sustainability ensures.

Published: 27.02.2025, 91 min.