Shared Responsibility. Collective Action for Sustainable Automotive Supply Chains | Sustainable Supply Chains Conference

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Across global markets, companies are facing a rapidly evolving landscape of sustainability due diligence requirements. This creates significant implementation challenges, especially in complex automotive supply chains.

Against this backdrop, the Sector Dialogue Automotive Industry of the UN Global Compact Network Germany and the Responsible Supply Chain Initiative (RSCI) jointly invite you to explore how dialogue, sector-specific expertise and collective action can support effective implementation.

The conference will draw on the complementary strengths of both initiatives, as well as their shared experience in implementing collective action approaches: The Sector Dialogue contributes expertise in multi-stakeholder dialogue, peer learning and HREDD implementation, while RSCI adds sector-specific tools and audit data to support practical implementation.

Together, these perspectives, enriched by the insights of expert speakers and panellists, will provide practical guidance for companies seeking to translate regulatory expectations into effective due diligence processes. The conference will connect legal developments with practical implementation topics such as audit quality and standardisation, HREDD in high-risk regions, tier-n due diligence, forced labour regulation, children’s rights and stakeholder engagement.

How can companies navigate regulatory requirements in complex environments? Where can collective approaches create leverage? And how can MSIs and tools support practical implementation across audits, risk regions, tier-n supply chains and emerging regulatory topics?

Join us on 11 November 2026 to explore these questions together — and to shape the future of responsible supply chain governance in the automotive sector.

Programme Overview

08:30 Registration & Networking Coffee

09:00 Welcome & Joint Opening

09:20 Opening Keynote

09:35 Panel I: From regulation in practice: Lessons learned and future expectations for HREDD

10:40 Breakout Sessions I: Deep dives into audit quality, standardisation and implementation in high-risk regions

12:15 Networking Lunch

13:15 Panel II: Collective action in practice: Role of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in implementation of HREDD

14:15 Breakout Session II: Deep dives into tier-n due diligence, forced labour risks and emerging expectations on vulnerable groups such as children

15:40 Wrap-up & Joint Outlook