Highlights from debate about new international guidelines on Ethical Trading

More than 100 representatives from businesses, NGOs, trade unions, academia, public institutions and
multi-stakeholder initiatives from several European countries met in February 2012 to discuss the
new international and European guidelines on CSR and their impact on responsible supply chain
management and the present and future approach to Ethical Trade by the Ethical Trading Initiatives.

Find highlights and papers from the meeting below.

Aganda for the meeting

• Welcome and introduction by Christian Friis Bach, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation

• New European definition and strategy on CSR by Tom Dodd, CSR Team, EU Commission

• The impact on responsible supply chain management of the new EU strategy on CSR and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, CEO, Global CSR

• The present and future approach to Ethical Trade by Hanne Gürtler, Director, Ethical Trading Initiative, Denmark

• Panel discussion – Moderator: Peter McAllister, Director, Ethical Trading Initiative, UK

• Summing up and conclusions by Per Bondevik, Director, Ethical Trading Initiative, Norway