2020 Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo
Beyond Business and Human Rights bounds to ESG Capital Market
What do companies do to advance a respect of human rights in the spread of new coronavirus infection?

Since the UN Guiding Principles on Businessand Human Rights was adopted by the UN
Human Rights Council in 2011, companies haverecently been implementing and disclosing
supply chain management, mainly in Europe
and the United States. The laws and regulations
to make it mandate for companies to conduct
human rights due diligence and disclose resultsof it are accelerating. In addition, “World
Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)” that evaluates
the contribution of global companies to theachievement of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) has been launchedthis year. The movement of ESG investors is
becoming more active. With the increasing
globalization and economic impact ofcompanies, expectations and demands from awide range of stakeholders on companies arerising, and it is necessary to carry out humanrights activities to respond to them.
However, a pandemic of a new coronavirus
infection (COVID-19) occurred at the beginningof this year, which seriously affects domestic
and overseas corporate activities and seriously
affects the human rights of its employees andstakeholders.

In particular, COVID-19 has a serious impact
on the lives of temporary workers, foreign
workers, workers of small and medium-sizedenterprises located upstream in the supply
chain, who are in unstable labor contracts. In
this difficult time, companies are truly being to
be asked the significance of a respect of humanrights.
The CRT international conference this year will
be held online in consideration of the COVID19. In this plenary session, together withoverseas experts on business and humanrights, domestic companies and experts, we will
understand the global trends and the urgent
issues of business and human rights. We willcontinue to discuss while introducing examplesof efforts by companies that are practicing.
I would like to work with you to overcome thisdifficult time. We look forward to yourparticipation.
Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, CRT Japan

Host：Caux Round Table Japan, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Co-Host : The Sasakawa Peace Foundation,
Corporate Human Rights Benchmarks, World Benchmarking AllianceSponsor: ANA HOLDINGS INC., Suntory Holdings Limited., SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.,SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITED, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Cooperation：CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Date : Friday 16th of October, 2020
Format：Online Conference

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Overview of the conference
Date

Friday 16th of October 13:00-19:00 (Zoom Connection starts at 12:30)

Host

Caux Round Table Japan
Institute for Human Rights and Business

Co-HostThe Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Corporate Human Rights Benchmarks
World Benchmarking Alliance
ANA HOLDINGS INC., Suntory Holdings Limited., SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.,

SponsorSEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITED, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Cooperation
Foreign

CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Institute for Human Rights and Business,

Organization

The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Bluenumber Foundation, Verisk Maplecroft,(Tentative)

Sedex, Corporate Human Rights Benchmarks, World Benchmarking Alliance

Participants

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

Capacity

250 persons (Interpretation in English and Japanese)

Costs

Free

Registration

Please send an email to the following contact address with name of organization,
department/title, name, email address and phone number. Zoom link will be sent before
the conference.

Contact

Caux Round Table Japan
Email: info@crt-japan.jp
TEL: +81-3-5728-6365

HostCo-hostSponsorCooperation

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Programme
12:30

Online Connection Starts

13:00 - 13:10

Opening Remarks
Hiroshi Ishida, Executive Director, CRT Japan

13:15 – 15:30

Global trend on "Business and Human rights"
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.
“Business and Human Rights in Asia”
Livio Sarandrea
Regional Program Manager and Chief Advisor on Business and Human Rights
UNDP global lead for Business and Human Rights
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub“Migrant Workers: Key Challenges in the Supply Chain”
Neill Wilkins
Responsible for the migrant workers program,
Institute for Business and Human Rights“Platform Sharing information on Business and Human Rights”
Betty Yolanda
Asia Regional Manager
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre“Corporate Human Rights / SDGs, ESG Benchmark”
Paulina Murphy
Engagement Director
World Benchmarking AllianceCamille Le Pors
Lead Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
World Benchmarking Alliance“Human Rights Due Diligence”
Tulika Bansal
Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Development
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Gus MacFarlane
Vice President
Verisk Maplecroft
Dr. Puvan Selvanathan,CEO, Bluenumber
Alexander Walrut
Head of Office Australia, Sedex
Rishi Sher Singh
Supply Chain Sustainability Expert

15:30 - 15:40

Break
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15:40 – 16:40

Introduction to efforts of CRT JapanThe spread of new coronavirus infection will have a significant impact on employment
due to the stagnation of Japanese economic activity. Especially, foreign workers inJapan are being affected. Their employment environment does not show improvement.
CRT Japan has created a complaint reception platform that allows foreign workers to
speak out about their concerns. In this session, we will introduce the platform.
“Introduction to Platform and Framework in line with UNGPs and WBA”
Hiroshi Ishida, Executive Director, CRT Japan“Introduction to Ninja Project and App for Foreign Workers”
Miho Okada, Director, CRT Japan“Efforts to Ensure Food Traceability”
Hironobu Oode, SEIWA CO., LTD.

16:40 – 16:50
16:50 – 18:30

Break
Introduction to Efforts to ESG and Human rights by Japanese companies
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. Also, there is a rapid increase in the movement of ESG
investors to evaluate corporate human rights efforts. Under this circumstance, howshould companies improve traceability, manage human rights risks, and appropriately
disclose information to ESG investors? This session explores this point with overseas
experts.
Maho Nakayama
Director and Senior Program Officer
Asia Peace Initiatives Department
The SASAKA PEACE FOUNDATION
Kanade Hanamoto
Head of CSR Promotion Office, Corporate Communications Division
NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Nobuyoshi Yamaguchi
Vice President
Procurement-Strategic Sourcing-Raw Materials, Global
Kao Corporation
Chikako Miyata
Senior Vice President, Legal&Insurance, General Administration and Sustainability
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

18:30 - 19:00

Closing Remarks
Hiroshi Ishida, Executive Director, CRT Japan

19:00

Close

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Profile of Foreign Speakers
Livio Sarandrea
Manager and Chief Adviser of Regional Program on Business and Rights
UNDP global lead for Business and Human Rights
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bangkok Regional Hub
Livio Sarandrea, is the Manager and Chief Adviser of UNDP’s Regional Program on Business andHuman Rights based in Bangkok and covering Asia.
Livio started his international career in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina where he served since1997 as Human Rights Officer and Senior Human Rights Officer for the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In 2001 he joined the UNDPKO Mission to Bosnia andHerzegovina 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, hesupported the Government of Mozambique in drafting its Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
Livio is from Italy and holds a Law Degree with specialization in International and Criminal Law from
La Sapienza University, Rome, and a graduate diploma in Human Rights Law from LUISS University,
Rome.

Neill Wilkins
Head of Migrant Worker ProgrammeInstitute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)

Neill Wilkins is responsible for all aspects of the IHRB Migrant Workers programme and in 2011
helped oversee the development of the Dhaka Principles for Migration With Dignity - a set of humanrights based principles that offer a clear framework for understanding the recruitment andemployment of migrant workers worldwide. More recently Neill has led much of IHRB’s workaround responsible recruitment and the promotion of recruitment models based on the Employer
Pays Principle which prohibit the charging of recruitment fees and costs to workers.
Neill also manages IHRB engagement with the modern slavery agenda and speaks regularly at
events focussed on forced labour, trafficking and transparency legislation. He has worked
extensively with the construction, apparel and hospitality sectors along with participation atintergovernmental events such as the Colombo Process and Global Forum for Migration andDevelopment
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Betty Yolanda
Asia Regional Manager
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Betty Yolanda has been a human rights practitioner since 2004, when she began her human rights
work on issues of transitional justice, civil and political rights, and economic, social, and culturalrights.
Betty joined the Resource Centre in February 2019 as Asia Regional Manager following her tenureat the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a human rights anddevelopment organisation with 67 member organisations in 21 countries across Asia, where she
worked since 2014 as Programme Manager then Co-Director. From 2011-2014, Betty led theAmerican Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)’s work in Southeast Asia to strengthen
the capacity of public interest lawyers in engaging with the ASEAN human rights mechanisms.
A Chevening scholar, Betty holds an LL.M in international human rights law with Merit from the
University of Essex, United Kingdom. She has a bachelor’s degree in international law from the
Catholic University of Atma Jaya, Jakarta.

Pauliina Murphy
Engagement Director
WBA

Pauliina leads the WBA`s advocacy and outreach strategy for the WBA and its benchmarks, building
and strengthening relationships with diverse stakeholders, including investors, civil society andgovernments, working to ensure that the Alliance is inclusive and relevant globally. Pauliina joined
the WBA from Aviva, a global insurance company and asset manager, where she was Head ofInternational Government Engagement. At Aviva, Pauliina drove forward international policy
development and advocacy campaigns on sustainable finance and trade and investment, working
closely with multi-lateral institutions such as the UN, G7 and G20. Pauliina ran the company’s
global stakeholder and political engagement strategy, to change the rules at the highest level so that
capital is deployed to drive sustainable growth.

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Camille Le Pors
Lead Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
World Benchmarking AllianceCamille leads the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) at WBA. She joined the CHRB in
October 2016, and has overall responsibility for producing methodologies and benchmark reports of
key companies in high human-rights risk sectors & engagement with stakeholders to further the useof the data and methodologies. Prior to this she spent time working with the Business and Human
Rights Resource Centre in London, the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and for an
Overseas Member of French Parliament in London. Camille holds a BA in International Politics fromKing’s College London and a Masters in International Affairs with a focus on business and humanrights from the IHEID, Geneva and Fudan University, Shanghai.

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 Development Department of theDanish 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 and beverage 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 co-founded the Myanmar Center for
Responsible Business (MCRB) in Yangon, for which she has led a sector-wide impact assessmentof the tourism sector, co-authored a publication on children`s rights and business in Myanmar andis currently 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.

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Vice President
Verisk Maplecroft

Gus has more than 13 years` experience in providing advisory services relating to ESG impacts,
risks and opportunities (at group-, region-and operation-level). Key focus areas include human rights,
stakeholder relations, social license to operate, FPIC (free, prior and informed consent), political risk
and business ethics. Key activities include operational/strategic risk assessment, human rights
impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, strategy/management system development andaward-winning integrated/sustainability reporting. This includes extensive work in Australasia,
Central Africa, South America, South-East Asia, Southern Africa and West Africa. Experience
includes embedded, multi-year advisory relationships with large international extractive companies
that have interests in higher-risk, higher-reward locations (including risk management, stakeholder
engagement, sustainability management systems and integrated reporting), to one-off, in-fieldproject engagements (including risk/impact assessments and action plan development).

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 and recognition. 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, a joint agency of the UN
and WTO. Before joining the UN, Puvan was Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Sime Darby, aMalaysian diversified conglomerate. An Architect by profession, Puvan holds an MBA and a DBA in
Corporate Strategy and Sustainability.

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Alexander Walrut
Head of Office Australia
Sedex

Alexander Walrut joined Sedex in 2019 as Head of Office for Sedex in Australia, New Zealand,
Japan and the Pacific Islands. As Head of Office Alex is responsible for overseeing the growth,
support and capacity building of Sedex's buyer and supplier members in the region.
Prior to joining Sedex Alex was involved in the startup community for over seven year. This included
facilitating capital raising for startups amongst professional, supplicated and HNW investors. He wasalso involved in the fintech space for 5 years as a co-founder of CheckVault (digital escrow) andStreamlineID (identify verification).
Alex holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons I) and Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) from the University
of Sydney.

Mr. Rishi Sher Singh
Specialist in Business & Human Rights (B&HR)
Supply Chain Sustainability and Manufacturing

Rishi Sher Singh is a specialist in Business & Human Rights (B&HR), Supply Chain Sustainability
and Manufacturing. Rishi’s work goes beyond traditional audits and towards creating meaningful
dialogue on opportunities and challenges of businesses, especially in supply chains. His passion isto design and implement innovative solutions for businesses which create positive impacts on
people, planet and performance. To bridge the gap between theory and practice in B&HR, Rishi also
engages with academic institutions (India, UK & Canada) for action research projects.
Rishi’s key areas of implementation are UN Guiding Principles (Pillar 2 & 3) and Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs- 1,5,10, 12 & 17). Some of Rishi’s impactful work includes Human Rights
Impact Assessments (HRIA) for multinational companies, mapping of Mica supply chain in India,
enabling Gender Equality within factories and promoting circular economy. At Hewlett Packard
Company (2005-10), Rishi piloted a unique capacity building model for suppliers & contract
manufacturers, which was instrumental in shaping HP’s current supplier capability programme.
Rishi has directly trained more than 1,150 managers and workers on Responsible Businesspractices and facilitated various multistakeholder forums on Business & Human Rights- in theElectronics sector (in Chennai) and Garments sector (India & Bangladesh). Rishi is a key notespeaker at local and global events and forums. Rishi holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering,
MBA in International Business from University of Birmingham (UK), trained in transformative
methods by Landmark Education and certified project manager from Deloitte.

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