2018 Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo“No More ! Bipolarization on UN Business and Human Right”

Since the UN Guiding Principles on Business and

Under

Human

approved"responsible supply chain" and "remedy mechanism"

unanimously by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011,

required by the UNGPs and Modern Slavery Act? In orderthere has been an increase of legislation, including UK

to improve their human rights practice and introduce goodModern Slavery Act 2015, US Trade Facilitation andhuman rights practices of Japanese companies to theTrade Enforcement Act, and French Corporate duty of

global community, since 2013 CRT Japan has organised

Vigilance Law of 2017, requiring companies tothe Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo

implement and disclose actions to be taken to promoteevery year in partnership with global human rights

respect of human rights. In addition to these, theinitiatives. Each year, it attracts hundreds of participants

Australian Government is developing a proposed modelfrom different backgrounds of companies, NGOs/NPOs,

for the Modern Slavery in Supply Chains Reporting

government agencies.

Requirement (as of February 2018). Moreover, as the

In 2018, we will again host the conference. Overseas

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games areexperts on business and human rights have been invited toscheduled in two years, human rights practices covering

introduce global trends in their areas of focus. With

supply chains of Japanese companies will attract moredomestic experts and Japanese companies, they will also

global concerns.

elucidate the gap in perception on business and human

Rights(UNGPs)

has

been

these

circumstances,

how

can

we

realizerights between the Japan and the rest of the world andRecently, following the announcement of the withdrawal

discuss how to put the companies` responsibility outlinedof the United Nations Human Rights Council by the

in UNGPs to respect human rights into practice while

United States Trump regime, business and human rights

introducing examples of Japanese companies that haveis becoming more polarized. Also, even among

done so. We expect this conference will be the place forJapanese companies this polarization is progressing.

the participants to learn from each other.

Host：Caux Round Table Japan
Co-host：Institute for Human Rights and BusinessBusiness & Human Rights Resource Centre
Sponsor : ANA HOLDINGS INC., FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC., Shiseido Company, Limited,
Cooperation：CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., FUJIFILM Holdings,
MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD., QUICK Corp.
Venue：Tokyo, AP Tokyo Marunouchi
Date : 13th and 14th September, 2018

Overview of the conferenceDate

13th September (Thursday) 9:30-17:30 (Reception: 9:00)
14th September (Friday) 9:30-17:30 (Reception: 9:00)

Venue

Tokyo, AP Tokyo Marunouchi (Nippon Life Marunouchi Garden Tower 3F, 1-1-3
Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005)

Host

Caux Round Table Japan

Co-hostInstitute for Human Rights and Business, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Sponsor

ANA HOLDINGS INC., FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC., Shiseido Company, Limited,

Cooperation

CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., FUJIFILM Holdings,
MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD., QUICK Corp.
E-Square Inc., Sustainability Communication Hub Co., Ltd.

SupportTOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. , YUIDEA Inc.
Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation
Social Design Lab., Rikkyo University

Foreign

Institute for Human Rights and Business, The Danish Institute for Human Rights

Organization

Bluenumber Foundation, Sedex, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Verisk Maplecroft

Participants

Departments from CSR, Human Resource/General administration, Procurement,
Management and Risk Management, New business planner

Capacity

100 persons (consecutive interpretation in English and Japanese)

Costs【2 Days】
Company: 55,000 yen (ex.tax) up to two people
NGO/NPO/Students: 20,000 yen (ex.tax) up to two people【1 Day】
Company: 30,000 yen (ex.tax) up to two people
NGO/NPO/Students: 10,000 yen (ex.tax) up to two people

Registration
Contact

SponsorCooperation

Please send an email to the following contact address
Caux Round Table Japan

Email: hiroki_wada@crt-japan.jp

TEL:03-5728-6365

Programme : 1st Day :9:00~9:30

Reception

9:30~9:45

Opening Remarks⚫

Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan

9:45~12:00

Global trend on "Business and Human rights" from overseas and domestic
experts
This session will introduce the latest global trends from overseas experts. Also,
following the global trends, the experts will share how Japanese companies should
facilitate business and human rights activities.
Speakers“Trends on Business and Human Rights in Asia”⚫

Livio Sarandrea
Manager and Chief Adviser of Regional Program on Business and Rights
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub⚫

Sompong Strakaew
Founder/Executive Director, Labour Rights Promotion Network“Labour Issues at Factories in Thailand”⚫

Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan“Trends on Responsible Supply Chain”⚫

Dr. Puvan J Selvanathan
CEO, Bluenumber Foundation⚫

Dan Murray
Director of Client Development, Sedex“Business and Human Rights Legal Risks”⚫

Daniel D'Ambrosio
Associate, DLA Piper“Human Rights Impact Assessment”⚫

Tulika Bansal
Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Development
The Danish Institute for Human Rights⚫

Dr. James Allan
Head of Consulting, EMEA & APAC, Verisk Maplecroft“Migrant Workers - in supply chains and in Japan”⚫

William Rook
Regional Manager, Middle East, Institute for Human Rights and Business12:00~13:30

Lunch

13:30~15:00

Introduction : Examples of Business and Human rights initiatives by Japanesecompanies
This session will introduce responsible supply chain initiatives and human rights due
diligence practices by Japanese companies, which are required to fulfill their
responsibilities to respect human rights outlined by the UN Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights.
Speakers⚫

Takashi Matsuse
Vice President, Procurement, Planning, Global, Vice President SCM Strategy andPlanning Procurement, Global, Kao Corporation⚫

Tamaki Shimamoto
Department Director, Sustainability Strategy Department,
Shiseido Company, Limited⚫

Shigeru Sugimoto
Manager, CSR Promotion, ANA HOLDINGS INC.

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Mari Kojima
Manager, CSR Group, Corporate Planning Division
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation

15:00~15:15

Coffee Break

15:15~16:45

WorkshopThis session provides the workshop that the foreign experts and participants can
exchange views on what companies should focus on and how they should do toadvance a respect of human rights.
“Workshop Agenda”⚫

What are relationships between Business and Human Rights and SDGs?

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How will ESG investors see business and human rights issues in the future?

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How do you implement human rights impact assessment?

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What is stakeholder engagement required by the UN Guiding Principles?

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How do you implement grievance mechanism and address the identified humanrights issues?

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How do you provide human rights education/training to people applicable to humanrights policies?

16:45~17:00

Review of Today`s Programme⚫

Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan

17:15

Close, Picture (Sponsoring and Cooperation companies and speakers)

Programme : 2nd Day :9:00~9:30

Reception

9:30~9:45

Review of the previous day⚫

Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan

9:45~10:15

Report on Stakeholder Engagement Programme
Since 2012, Nippon CSR Consortium, whose secretariat is CRT Japan, has conducted
the Stakeholder Engagement Programme to facilitate understanding andimplementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights bycompanies. The programme in 2018 was held in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia andIndonesia. This session will introduce domestic and Asian human rights issues identified
through the programmes and ideas how to develop the programmes further.
Speakers⚫

Minoru Matsuzaki
Secretariat, Nippon CSR Consortium, CRT Japan⚫

Akiko Sato
Coordinator, CRT Japan

10:15~11:00

Introduction to Human Rights Due Diligence Tool – Towards Realization of
Responsible Supply Chain
To fulfill responsibility to advance a respect of human rights, the UN Guiding Principles
require companies to conduct human rights due diligence. This session will introduce
tools that enable companies to evaluate human rights risks including supply chain,
identify and mitigate negative impacts on human rights, and disclose outcomes bycorrective actions towards improvement and transparency of supply chain.
Speakers⚫

Dr. James Allan
Head of Consulting, EMEA & APAC, Verisk Maplecroft⚫

Dan Murray
Director of Client Development, Sedex⚫

Dr. Puvan J Selvanathan
CEO, Bluenumber Foundation

11:00~12:00

Panel Discussion
In this session, panelists will share what problems leading companies face, how they
will strive to address the problems, and what Japanese companies should do towardachievement of responsible supply chain.
Panelists⚫

Livio Sarandrea
Manager and Chief Adviser of Regional Program on Business and Rights
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub⚫

Tulika Bansal

Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Development
The Danish Institute for Human Rights⚫

Dr. James Allan
Head of Consulting, EMEA & APAC, Verisk Maplecroft⚫

Dan Murray
Director of Client Development, Sedex⚫

Dr. Puvan J Selvanathan
CEO, Bluenumber Foundation

12:00~13:20

Lunch

13:20~14:00

Case Study: Workshop for Preventing Human Trafficking in Airline Industry
The International Airport Transport Association (IATA) predicts that the number ofpassengers around the world will double in the next 20 years, but there is concern thatrisks of human trafficking will also increase. ANA Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan Airlines
Corporation, CRT Japan, government officials, international organizations arecooperatively taking the initiative to address this human rights issue as an aviationindustry. This session will introduce this initiative.
Speakers⚫

Noriko Kiyotani
Programme Manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM)⚫

Chikako Miyata
Vice President, CSR Promotion, ANA HOLDINGS INC

14:00~15:00

Relationship between Business and Human rights and ESG investors –Evaluation on Social Elements of Companies⚫

This will introduce the latest trend of evaluation of corporate human rights
performance, Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB).

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This session will make a report on a dialogue with ESG investors held in July inEurope and explore their concerns and expectations for Japanese companies. It
responding to this report, it will also discuss how Japanese companies should
disclose information .

Speakers⚫

Kenji Honda
Manager, Sustainability & Responsibility Group, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

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Nobuo Taguchi
Senior Director, CSR Promotion, ANA HOLDINGS INC

15:00~15:15

Coffee Break

15:15~16:30

Addressing New Human Rights Issues in Japan
There are more human rights issues to be address in Japan and abroad. This session
will introduce new human rights issues to be addressed in Japan.
Speakers⚫

“Child Poverty in Japan”
Hiroshi IshidaExecutive Director, Caux Round Table Japan⚫

“Employment of Patients with Rare Diseases in Japan
Hisayuki Katori
Chairman, NPO Rare Disease net TSUNAGARU⚫

“Are the human rights of our older people secured?”
Kei Yamana, Ph.D
Teijin Group Senior Researcher, Management Coordinator for the President
Healthcare Business of Teijin Group (for Technology Strategy)⚫

“Reduction Effect of Waste by Waste Supply Chain Management and Human
Rights”
Yasuhiro Inoue
President, Kyushu Dust Service Co.,Ltd.

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“Protection of human rights of refugees in Rohingya problem”
Masaaki Mabuchi
President, International Student Conference 64th

16:30~16:50

Closing Remarks (Wrap up)
In order to make the best use of what we learned in the two days, we will organize thepoints of what to do and also clarify the direction we should address after 2019.

17:00

Close, Picture (Sponsoring and Cooperation companies and speakers)

Profile of Foreign Speakers
William Rook
Regional Manager, Middle East
Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)
William Rook is a Business and Human Rights Lawyer and IHRB's Regional
Manager, Middle East. He is the joint Programme Lead for the Mega-Sporting
Events Platform for Human Rights.
Working across IHRB’s Mega-Sporting Events and Migrant Workers focus
areas, William leads outreach and activities in the Middle East, liaising closelywith embassies, state entities and major companies across the region,
convening briefings on corporate engagement with issues such as worker
welfare, responsible recruitment and risks around human trafficking and forced
labour in supply chains. Leading IHRB's work in Mega-Sporting Events,
William coordinates the multi-stakeholder "MSE Platform" and it's steeringcommittee, chaired by Mary Robinson.
William studied law at SOAS and International Relations at Cambridge before
training as a Solicitor with Slaughter and May in London.

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Dr. Puvan Selvanathan
CEO
Bluenumber Foundation
Dr. Puvan Selvanathan is CEO of the Bluenumber Foundation, an international
non-profit organisation providing a global platform for self-identification andrecognition. Puvan was formerly a United Nations Special Mandate Holder on
Business and Human Rights appointed by the UN Human Rights Council(Geneva), Head of Food & Agriculture at the UN Global Compact Office (New
York), and then Head (New York Office) of the International Trade Centre, ajoint agency of the UN and WTO. Before joining the UN, Puvan was Group
Chief Sustainability Officer at Sime Darby, a Malaysian diversified
conglomerate. An Architect by profession, Puvan holds an MBA and a DBA in
Corporate Strategy and Sustainability.

Tulika Bansal
Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Development
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Tulika Bansal works as Senior Adviser in the Human Rights and DevelopmentlDepartment of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). During her 6+ years
at DIHR, she has provided expert advice on human rights due diligence to leading

multinational companies in various sectors, including leading on DIHR’s
engagement with one of the world’s largest multinational companies in the food andbeverage sector. She has led and carried out numerous country-level human rights
impact assessments (HRIA) globally in various sectors, including F&B, extractives
and the tourism sector.
She has been involved in the development of impact assessment methodologies,
including DIHR’s HRIA Guidance and Toolbox. In addition, she is DIHR’s children’s
rights and business focal point.
Her geographical expertise focuses on responsible business in Asia, in particular
Burma/Myanmar and India. She is part of the Myanmar project team, which has cofounded the Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) in Yangon, forwhich she has led a sector-wide impact assessment of the tourism sector, coauthored a publication on children’s rights and business in Myanmar and iscurrently working on an assessment of the palm oil sector in Myanmar.
Before joining DIHR, Tulika worked for grassroots NGOs in Thailand and India,
focusing on corporate accountability and revenue transparency. She holds an LLM
in Public International Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is a native
Dutch and English speaker and fluent in Hindi and Spanish.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dan Murray
Director of Client Development
Sedex
Dan joined Sedex in 2014 and is responsible for the New Membership, AccountManagement and Membership Services for Europe, North America, Japan, South
Africa and Australia. He spent the previous 15 years in International Business
Development and Account Management roles, most recently as Business
Development Director at MWUK. A graduate of Leicester University, he has a BA
Hons in History & Geography.
Dan has spent the past two years working, through the Partnership with CRT
Japan, to build the Sedex Membership offer in Japan ensuring it is relevant andadds value and will be attending his forth CRT Japan conference.

Dr. James Allan
Head of Consulting, EMEA & APAC
Verisk Maplecroft
James leads Verisk Maplecroft’s consulting practice in EMEA & APAC regions.
He has over a decade of experience helping organisations across many sectors
understand and manage human rights and environmental risks.
He is passionate about combining specialist knowledge, new technologies anddata to help clients navigate the complex challenges they face when operating
globally.
Previously at Verisk Maplecroft, James was Head of Human Rights andEnvironment, and led the development and launch of the company’s commodity
risk service. James also volunteers as Chair of the Data Strategy Board for
TISCreport.org, the world’s largest open data register of modern slavery
statements.
Prior to joining Maplecroft, James worked as an environmental specialist for aninternational engineering and design firm based in London, UK. He holds a PhD
in City and Regional Planning from Cardiff University.
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Livio Sarandrea
Manager and Chief Adviser of Regional Program on Business and Rights
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bangkok Regional Hub
Livio Sarandrea, is the Manager and Chief Adviser of UNDP’s Regional Programon Business and Human Rights based in Bangkok and covering Asia.
Livio started his international career in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina where
he served since 1997 as Human Rights Officer and Senior Human Rights Officer
for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In 2001 hejoined the UNDPKO Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina as Chief of Regional
Human Rights Office where he coordinated the Human Rights and war crimes
investigative work of 40 Human Rights Officers.
From 2003 to 2010 he worked for the OSCE Mission to Serbia initially as Human
Rights Institutions and Prison Reform Adviser and from 2005 as Senior
Coordinator for Judicial and Legal Reform and Deputy Head of Rule of Law and
Human Rights Department.
Livio Joined UNDP Mozambique in 2011 where he worked as an embedded Chief
Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Justice and the National Human Rights
Commission. During this period, he supported the Government of Mozambique indrafting its Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
Livio is from Italy and holds a Law Degree with specialization in International andCriminal Law from La Sapienza University, Rome, and a graduate diploma in
Human Rights Law from LUISS University, Rome.

Sompong Srakaew
Director/FounderLabour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN)
Mr. Sompong Srakaew, the founder and director of the Labour Rights Promotion
Network Foundation (LPN), has implemented working strategies to eliminate
injustice and exploitation, such as rights protection mechanisms for unofficial
Burmese and Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. This work targets those
who may be currently experiencing, or at risk of fall prey to, persecution,
exploitation, child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking. This is in addition
to dealing with the more mundane issues that labourers face in the workplace ona daily basis. Past operations have focused on issues of human trafficking, whichhave yielded positive and clearly visible results for the protection of migrant worker
rights. The development of an ‘Action’ model for assisting migrant workers in
Thailand’s fishing industry has been used to target both those migrants working in
local Thai business, and those who work outside Thai waters.

Daniel D'Ambrosio
Associate
DLA Piper
D'Ambrosio advises clients on the increasingly complex and interconnectedchallenges, risks and opportunities for businesses and other stakeholders
presented by the developing business and human rights agenda.
Daniel provides advice and training to boards, senior executives and in-housecounsel on the legal, commercial, social and reputational risks created by humanrights impacts in line with domestic and international standards, including the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Daniel joined DLA Piper as a dedicated business and human rights lawyer. He is
also a member of the International Bar Association's Business and Human Rights
Advisory Group.