Events & Media

Upcoming and past panels, workshops, and other events:

September 26, 2023 - [Panel session] Global expectations in relation to CSDD and implementation challenges at NOVA BHRE 3rd annual Conference - Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: From Law to Practice

July 2023

July 10-12 - Business and Human Rights Forum for Legal Practitioners - 3rd Edition, Human Rights and International Commercial Contracts, International Association of Lawyers

July 7 - Responsible Contracting and Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation; Danish Institute for Human Rights, Wilders Plads 8K, DK-1403 Copenhagen; in-person; The Danish Institute for Human Rights & The Responsible Contracting Project

June 2023

June 29-30 - Annual Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law; Contracting for Human Rights Against the Race to the Bottom: How the Contractual Design of Global Value Chains Can Contribute to Better Human Rights Outcomes, World Comparative Law. Address: Kollegienhaus der FAU, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

June 21 - Sustainable Procurement Pledge Global Ambassadors Meeting. RCP Team member Olivia Windham Stewart presented on Responsible Contracting in a New Legislative Environment

June 2 - Lindenpartners x RCP x Twentyfifty, Responsible Contracting in the Age of LkSG & CSDDD

May 2023

May 17 - WorldCC Foundation, World Sustainable Contracting Day: (Case Study) Responsible Contracting Project

March 2023

World Commerce & Contract, One step closer: Shared responsibility contracting for human rights WATCH HERE

February 2023

[Plenary Session] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector; Due diligence costs and responsibilities: Collaborative approaches to buyer supplier relationships WATCH HERE

[Side Session] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector; Contracts and HREDD Legislation by the Responsible Contracting Project WATCH HERE Passcode: b5.a0Y%H

SupplyShift: How Human Rights Due Diligence legislation affects your procurement teams and more WATCH HERE

December 2022

WorldCC Foundation, Academic Symposium 2022,

The development of standard terms and principles to embed ESG in contracts; The impact of ESG on classical theory of risk allocation and transfer: A move to shared responsibility

November 2022

WorldCC Foundation, Modern slavery: What can contracting professionals do about it? WATCH HERE

October 2022

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence, Price and Remuneration; Practical steps to integrate pricing and remuneration into human rights due diligence

Sustainable Brands 2022 San Diego

Goodwin Procter LLP: Contracting for ESG, Using Contracts to Comply with ESG Obligations and Implement Company Policies

September 2022

NOVA BHRE: The Draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Opportunities And Challenges; The Enforcement of the Draft CSDDD

July 2022

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Contracting for Human Rights: Aligning Contracts with UNGPs and OECD Guidance for Improved Human Rights Outcomes

Fashion Revolution USA, Fashion Citizenship Series: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Panel WATCH HERE

June 2022

American Sustainable Business Network: Socially Responsible Supply Chain Contracts WATCH HERE

ILR School at Cornell University: What do Sustainable Supply Chains look like? Mandatory Due Diligence in Europe

May 2022

World Commerce & Contracting, World Sustainable Contracting Day: Model contract clauses to protect workers in international supply chain

New York City Bar: The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Practices and the Rights of Vulnerable Workers and Communities

April 2022

University of Illinois Chicago, Center for International Law: 20th Annual Dominick L. DiCarlo U.S. Court of International Trade Lecture, Contracting for Compliance

B Local Los Angeles: Bringing to life your mission through sustainable supply chain governance

March 2022

American Bar Association: Conscious Consumerism and the Government’s Role in Regulating Companies’ Ethical Promises LISTEN HERE

Legalweek, The Influential Lawyer: How Legal Leaders Are Driving ESG Change

February 2022

[Side Session] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector; Contracting for Human Rights: Aligning Contracts with the UNGPs and OECD Guidance WATCH HERE

University of Connecticut Business and Human Rights Forum: Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights

November 2021

Impact Investing Law Working Group: New Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers’ Human Rights in Supply Chains

October 2021

Thomson Reuters Foundation TrustLaw Training: Social Enterprise, ESG and Impact Investing: Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence

June 2021

Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights +10: Celebrating a Decade of Catalyzing Innovative Human Rights Enforcement WATCH HERE

April 2021

American Bar Association: Business Law Section Spring Meeting CLE Program

March 2021

NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment: Corporate Due Diligence in Contract and Company Law WATCH HERE

Contracting for Human Rights: Using the ABA Working Group’s Model Contract Clauses 2.0, Sarah Dadush, (transcript of webinar on Corporate Due Diligence in Contract and Company Law organized by the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment with the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union held on March 25, 2021)

February 2021

British Institute for International and Contemporary Law (BIICL), HRDD Forum: Human Rights Due Diligence in Contracts

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Complying with Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation through Shared-Responsibility Contracting: The Example of Germany’s Supply Chain Act (LkSG), Contracts for Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains: Model Contract Clauses, Legal Analysis, and Practical Perspectives, by Sarah Dadush, Daniel Schönfelder & Bettina Braun, ABA Business Law Section, 2023

Contracting for Human Rights: Experiences from the US ABA MCC 2.0 and the European EMC Projects, by Bettina Braun, Daniel Schönfelder, Martijn Scheltema, NOVA Law School website, November 2022

Prosocial Contracts: Making Relational Contracts More Relational, by Sarah Dadush, Duke Journal of Law & Contemporary Problems, 2022

Contracting for Process, by David V. Snyder, Duke Journal of Law & Contemporary Problems, 2022

Balancing Buyer and Supplier Responsibilities: Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers in International Supply Chains, Version 2.0, by David V. Snyder, Susan A. Maslow & Sarah Dadush, 77 Bus. Law., 2022

Sharing Responsibility for Human Rights in Supply Chains, by Olivia Windham Stewart & Sarah Dadush, Bloomberg Law, September 2021

The Demise of Corporate Responsibility in Supply Chains, by Susan A. Maslow, Bloomberg Law, September 2021

How Contracts Can Improve Human Rights in Supply Chains, by Susan A. Maslow, Bloomberg Law, September 2021

Balancing Buyer and Supplier Responsibilities: Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers in International Supply Chains, Version 2.0, by The Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in International Supply Contracts, ABA Business Law Section, David V. Snyder, Susan A. Maslow, Sarah Dadush, Business Law Today, May 2021

[Op-Ed] Viewpoint: No Need to Reinvent Wheels: Drafting Meaningful Human Rights Due Diligence through Model Suggested Supply Chain Contract Clauses, by John F. Sherman III, Shift, March 2021

Contracting for Human Rights: Looking to Version 2.0 of the ABA Model Contract Clauses (symposium on supply chains), by Sarah Dadush, American U. Law Review, 2019

RCP in the media and our team's publications:

2023

Nike in Hot Water with Investors Over Workers’ Rights, ESG Investor, September 2023

[Podcast] Supply Chain Contracts are Protecting Human Rights, with Sue, Patrick and Olivia, Business Fights Poverty, May 2023 LISTEN HERE

[Report] Engagement, Remedy & Justice: Priorities for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive from workers in the Global South, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, May 2023

[Report] Rana Plaza Ten Years On: Lessons for Human Rights and Business, The Institute for Human Rights and Business, April 2023

[PDF Toolkit] Adaption of the Model Contract Clauses To Protect Workers In International Supply Chains, The Mekong Club, March 2023

ESG in M&A: Focus on the "S," ABA Business Law Section Busines Law Today, April 2023

Tuliphare Shareholder Proposal to Nike on Human Rights, March 2023:

Nike Faces Shareholder Proposal on Human Rights, Reuters, March 2023

Activist Investment Platform Pens Letter to Nike Board Over Worker Rights Concerns, Business of Fashion, March 2023

Investor Pressures Nike to Address Forced Labor Claims, Vogue Business, March 2023

[VIDEO] Shareholder proposal result of Nike ‘completely ignoring us,’ Tulipshare Founder Say, Yahoo Finance! March 2023 WATCH HERE

So you think you know your supply chain?, Financial Times, March 2023

OECD in Paris: European corporate due diligence must create level playing field, through effective enforcement, Fashion United, February 2023

[Report] Respect & Protect: The State of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence in Canada, BMO Global Asset Management, February 2023

2022

[Podcast] Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights with Susan Maslow & Patrick Miller, ESG Decoded, November 2022 LISTEN HERE

[Podcast] Model Contract Clauses to Protect Human Rights in Global Supply Chains, NOVA BHRE, September 2022 LISTEN HERE

[Podcast] ESG: How Supply Chain Contracts Affect Human Rights, On Record PR, August 2022 LISTEN HERE

[Podcast] Contracts and Supply Chains with Sarah Dadush and Susan Maslow, Hidden Traffic, June 2022 LISTEN HERE

[Podcast] Contracting for ESG with Sarah Dadush and David Snyder, The ESG Compliance, May 2022 LISTEN HERE

[Podcast] The Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights Project, The Hearing – A Legal Podcast by Thomson Reuters, April 2022 LISTEN HERE

Soccer Balls Stitched By Tiny Fingers, reviewing Balancing Buyer and Supplier Responsibilities in JOTWELL, by Dan Barnhizer, January 2022

2021

Changing Fashion’s Buying Practices: What’s to Come for Brands, Vogue Business, November 2021

ANALYSIS: Supply Chain Norms Are Returning, But With a Twist, Bloomberg Law, June 2021

Business and Human Rights, Analysing Modern Slavery Risks In Portfolio Companies: Practical Considerations For Investors, Mondaq, June 2021

Garment Workers Owed $39.8M, Women’s Wear Daily, April 2021

Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chain Contracts: A Shared Responsibility of Buyer and Supplier?, Lexology, April 2021

Cancelling Fashion Orders: The Legal Rethink, Vogue Business, April 2021

2019

Why it’s so hard to hold companies accountable when they break their ethical promises, Quartz, December 2019