RCP Explainer Video:
Contracts as Tools for Meeting Sustainability Standards
This RCP Explainer video provides an introduction to Responsible Contracting, explaining how companies can use contracts to support better outcomes for human rights and the environment and meet evolving legal requirements related to human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) and forced labor in the EU and the US.
Speakers:
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Sarah Dadush – Professor and Founding Director, RCP, Rutgers Law School
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Claire Bright – Associate Professor and Founding Director, Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, NOVA School of Law, and Senior BHR Advisor, RCP
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Daniel Schönfelder – Lead European Legal Advisor, RCP
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Chavi Keeney Nana – Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School, and US Legal Advisor, RCP
What you'll learn:
✔ Why contracts matter for achieving human rights and environmental (HRE) standards and builds resilient supply chains
✔ Shortcomings of traditional contracts and the risks of one-sided HRE obligations
✔ The core principles of Responsible Contracting and an overview of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD)
✔ How Responsible Contracting supports legal compliance and builds resilient supply chains
✔ Legal requirements under: The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the EU Forced Labor Regulation, and US trade laws, including the Tariff Act and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
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