Juliane Reinecke is Professor of International Management and Sustainability at King’s Business School, King’s College London. She is also a Research Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, both at the University of Cambridge.
WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS
The aim of this session is to help business professionals understand what are some of the most pressing challenges for enhancing social justice and sustainability in global supply chains, how companies can act to address these challenges, and what would be examples of business initiatives that are going in the right direction.
RESOURCES
- Ethical Trading Initiative
- Responsible Global Value Chains
- Business Models and Labour Standards: Making the Connection
- Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
- Collective Action and Social Partnership in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the Bangladesh Accord
Editor’s Note:
This How-To Video is part of Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020, a one-week, online conference (21 to 25 September) that builds on our recent online conference Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 (13 to 17 July) to drive forward connection, conversations and collaboration around how we rebuild better – how together we create an equitable and resilient world. The week consists of inspiring and engaging content, live events, peer networking and community-led learning. The week also builds on our Business and COVID-19 Response with Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative, and supported by DFID and a number of our corporate partners.
Each day, we will focus on a specific theme: Imagining the Future We Want (Monday); Creating an Equitable World (Tuesday); Helping People Survive and Thrive (Wednesday); Building Resilient Livelihoods (Thursday); Shaping System-Level Partnerships (Friday).
You can register here to join us at the online event.
