UN GCD Supply Chain Dialogue 2025 - From Checklists to Change: Innovating Human Rights Due Diligence

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An interactive format 
This is not a conference. It’s an interactive online workshop designed to foster reflection, peer exchange, and collective learning. Participants will engage in breakout group sessions to reflect on current practices and develop ideas for change—grounded in their own experience and inspired by real-world examples. 

Two-part structure 

Part 1: Rightsholders at the Core of Due Diligence 
We begin by listening to voices from across global supply chains—workers, communities, and those directly affected by business operations. Through dialogue and reflection in small groups, participants explore systemic blind spots and assumptions underlying current engagement practices, reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of their organizations’ approaches and develop tailored actions for better involvement of rightsholder. .  

Part 2: Beyond Audits – What Makes Due Diligence Work? 
The second half of the day focuses on shifting away from checkbox approaches toward practices that truly work in context. Two company representatives will share their experiences, describing what has helped them move toward more credible, trust-based due diligence and where challenges remain. Participants will then work in groups to reflect on the examples, exchange ideas on levers for change, and co-develop approaches that move beyond classical, standardized ones to achieve meaningful due diligence in their own contexts. 

Who is it for? 
Professionals from UN GCD member companies, especially in sustainability, procurement, or compliance roles but also anyone involved in shaping or implementing due diligence processes and interested in learning from existing corporate practice, reflecting on common challenges, and helping shape what comes next. 

What to expect: 

• First-hand insights from rightsholders, suppliers, and companies
• Honest conversations about current practices and tools used in due diligence and their limits
• Interactive breakout rounds that lead to concrete takeaways and actions
• A peer-based, practical space for exchange, learning, and action