Ensuring Ethical Sourcing: A Comprehensive Approach to Fair Trade Practices (Dec. 18, 2024)
Includes a Live Web Event on 12/18/2024 at 2:00 PM (EST)
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In an era where consumers are increasingly conscious of the origins of the products they purchase, ensuring that products are ethically sourced has become a significant concern for businesses and individuals alike. Ethical sourcing encompasses a range of practices aimed at ensuring that products are produced in a manner that is fair, sustainable, and respectful of human rights. This topic delves into the various dimensions of ethical sourcing, including the prevention of forced labor, minimizing environmental impact, ensuring fair wages, and maintaining humane working conditions.
Key Aspects of Ethical Sourcing:
1. Preventing Forced Labor and Exploitation: Explore global standards and regulations, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and local labor laws.
2. Environmental Sustainability: Evaluate the environmental impact of production processes, including resource extraction, waste management, and emissions.
3. Fair Wages and Compensation: Ensure that overtime work is compensated appropriately and that workers are not overburdened.
4. Working Conditions and Worker Treatment: Implement standards for occupational health and safety to prevent workplace accidents and illnesses.
This Webcast will highlight examples of companies that have successfully implemented ethical sourcing practices and the positive impacts on their business and communities. In addition, common pitfalls and lessons learned from companies that have faced challenges in ethical sourcing will be shared.
Ethical sourcing is not just a moral imperative but also a strategic advantage for businesses committed to sustainability and social responsibility. By adopting comprehensive ethical sourcing practices, companies can contribute to a fairer global economy, enhance their brand reputation, and build stronger, more resilient supply chains.
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Jewelle Johnson
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
Graphic Packaging International, LLC
Jewelle has over 20 years of experience defending management in all aspects of labor and employment matters as both in-house counsel and a partner at a national labor and employment boutique. In addition to representing companies in several union campaigns, Jewelle has litigated employment matters across the continental U.S. and Alaska. Jewelle has been named as one of the "Top 25 Power Women to Watch" by Atlanta Woman magazine, selected on numerous occasions as one of "Georgia's Rising Star Super Lawyers" by Atlanta and Law & Politics magazines, and featured as one of 14 attorneys "On the Rise" by the Fulton County Daily Report.
Specialties: Employment litigation, wage and hour, labor relations, employee defection, employment agreements and policies, and leave management.
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Britney Torres
Senior Counsel
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Britney N.D. Torres is focused on the future of work. She partners with clients on strategies rooted in an understanding of people as a key differentiator and the workforce as a material asset in our increasingly talent-based economy. Specifically, Britney regularly advises clients on AI and technology, sustainability, transparency, and inclusion, equity and diversity (IE&D). She helps clients focus on strategic opportunity while navigating risk and uncertainty, especially through rapid change and emerging issues.
In all aspects of her practice, Britney is focused on navigating legal, social, and political changes in developing and evolving strategies that significantly impact the workforce. In doing so, she uses a combination of deep subject matter knowledge and business acumen to develop creative and effective strategies tailored to the nuances of particular matters and priorities of each client.
Britney has a Certification in Sustainable Capitalism and ESG from the University of California, Berkeley Law – Executive Education, and the Leadership Excellence and Development Program at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management – Executive Education.
