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October 2016

Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement Webinar

19 October 2016, 14:00 - 15:30

The "Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement: Emerging good practices and lessons learned" webinar, taking place on the 19 October at 2:00 – 3:30pm CEST, will be hosted by the United Nations Environment Economy Division and co-organized with ICLEI and the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The webinar takes place in the framework of the Sustainable Public Procurement Programme of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.

The 10YFP SPP programme is a global platform that supports the implementation of SPP around the world. It brings together a variety of stakeholders, building synergies & leveraging resources to progress towards its two major goals of building the case for SPP and supporting SPP implementation on the ground.

The objectives of this webinar are to:

Highlight human rights as material risks affecting public supply chains

for goods such as electronics, apparel, food, and services such as healthcare and security

Introduce participants to new standards, guidance, and tools on human rights and public procurement

Identify emerging good practices and lessons learned from recent practitioner experiences of integrating human rights safeguards

To register to the event vist attendee.gotowebinar.com

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