Promoting responsible Business conduct in a rapidly changing context

The 2024 African Business & Human Rights Forum is around the corner. The UN Global Compact will be hosting special sessions focused on Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in a Rapidly Changing Context.

Join us for insightful discussions with global leaders and experts on how businesses can advance human rights and ensure sustainable, responsible practices. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of shaping a better future for African business.

Join the UN Global Compact at the following sessions:

1) Business Caucus: Joint IOE-UNGC Safe-Space Session for Business and Employers Organisations
Organized by: The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Date: 8 October 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

2) Dialogue Between Businesses and CSOs
Organized by: African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA), International Organisation of Employers (IOE), and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Date: 8 October 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

3) Advancing Labour Rights in Africa: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach in Promoting Responsible Business Conduct 
Organized by: United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Date: 8 October 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

4) UNGC Networking Event
Date: 9 October 2024
Time: 7:00 PM

5) Towards a Multistakeholder Approach for the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence for Responsible Artificial Intelligence in African Contexts
Organized by: UN Human Rights (OHCHR B-Tech Project), Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), UN Global Compact (UNGC)

Date: 10 October 2024
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:20 PM

6) Trade Investment and Responsible Business Conduct
Organized by: UN Global Compact Network Kenya and UNDP

Date: 10 October 2024

Time: 10:00 AM to 11:20 AM

7) Business, Human Rights, and the Environment
Organized by: UNDP and UN Global Compact

Date: 10 October 2024

Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

8) A win-win: Using heightened human rights due diligence to advance peace,

human rights and commercial success in conflict-affected settings

Organized by: UNDP, International Alert and UN Global Compact Network Kenya

Date: 8 October 2024

Time: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

9) Implications and opportunities arising from the adoption of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive for African Businesses: Competitiveness, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development

Session Organisers:

·      United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

·      Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·      United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

·      Danish Institute for Human Rights

·      United Nations Global Compact

Date: 9 October 2024 

Time: 2:00 PM to 3:20 PM

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