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Third Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue: Accelerating action for Sustainable and Circular Value Chains in Garment & Footwear

Third Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue: Accelerating action for Sustainable and Circular Value Chains in Garment & Footwear

Trade
23 - 24 November 2020
WebEx videoconference Geneva Switzerland
Third Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue

The third virtual policy dialogue is being held under the UNECE project “Enhancing Transparency and Traceability of Sustainable Value Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector”, to convene the multi-stakeholder project experts’ groups. The purpose is to review progress on the key project outputs and brainstorm on the next steps for the development of the policy recommendation, the technical standards for transparency and traceability of information exchange in the textile and leather value chain, and the implementation of the first project blockchain pilot for traceability and due diligence in the cotton industry.”

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Agenda - Day 1

DAY 1: MONDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2020, 13:00–17:00 CET

Welcoming remarks (13:00–13:15)

Elisabeth Tuerk, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE
Estelle Igwe, Deputy Director, Trade Information Department NEPC, Nigeria, and Vice Chair of UN/CEFACT

Setting the scene

Ivonne Higuero, Secretary-General, CITES Secretariat (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), video message

Session #1: Traceability and transparency of value chains: key enablers for sustainability and circularity (13:15–14:00)

Moderator: Elisabeth Tuerk, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE

Cyril Sayag, Policy Officer, DG DEVCO, European Commission
Maria Teresa Pisani, Project Lead, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE
Joseph Wozniak, Head of Trade for Sustainable Development Programme, ITC
Paul Roeland, Transparency Lead, Clean Clothes Campaign
Paolo Naldini, Director, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto
Giorgio Ravasio, Group Legal Affairs Manager, Vivienne Westwood

Roundtable #1: Global solutions are needed in a fast-changing policy and regulatory landscape (14:10–15:00)

Moderator: Baptiste Carrière-Pradal, Chair, Policy Hub

Yvonne Chileshe, Expert in Commodities & Value Chains Development, Secretariat African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States
Jef Wintermans, Coordinator of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile, Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands
Mauro Scalia, Director Sustainable Businesses, EURATEX
Dorothy Lovell, Policy Analyst, Responsible Business Conduct Unit, OECD

Session #2: UNECE Policy Recommendation, Guidelines and Call to Action (15:10–16:00)

Maria Teresa Pisani, Project Lead, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE
Virginia Cram-Martos, CEO, Triangularity, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Francesca Romana Rinaldi, Coordinator of SDA Bocconi Sustainability Lab Community for Circular Fashion, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Claudia Di Bernardino, Lawyer, and UN/CEFACT project expert

Roundtable #2: Accelerating action for circular value chains in garment & footwear (16:10–17:00)

Moderator: Francesca Romana Rinaldi, Coordinator of SDA Bocconi Sustainability Lab Community for Circular Fashion, and UN/CEFACT project expert

Daniel Mensch, Sustainable Production & Consumption - Textiles, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Natalia Papu Carrone, Research Analyst, Circle Textiles Programme, Circle Economy
Bettina Heller, Program Officer, United Nations Environment Programme
Alberto Candiani, Owner, Candiani Denim
Iria Mouzo Lestón, Head of Circularity, INDITEX

Agenda - Day 2

DAY 2: TUESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2020, 13:00–17:00 CET

Session #3: Leveraging the potential of blockchain to foster due diligence: focus on the cotton value chain (13:00–14:00)

a.   A priority sector for tackling sustainability hotspots and risks (13:00–13:10)

Benno Slot, Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, the Netherlands, Vice Chair of UN/CEFACT
Dana Thomas, Author Fashionopolis
Alexis Morgan, Global Water Stewardship Lead, WWF

b.  Progress regarding Pilot #1 a blockchain technology for traceability and due diligence in the cotton value chain (13:10–14:00)

Moderator: Maria Teresa Pisani, Project Lead, ECTD/UNECE

Pilot team
Andrea Redaelli, Principal Project and Portfolio Management, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Claudia Di Bernardino, Lawyer, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Giacomo Poretti, Information Systems and Networking Institute, SUPSI

Partners’ testimonials
Stefano Albini, President, Albini Group
Piera Solinas, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Filmar
Cedric Brunner, Head of Stakeholder and Innovation Management, OEKO-TEX
Rahul Bhajekar, Managing Director, GOTS

Roundtable #3: Innovation and digital tools to support sustainability and due diligence (14:10–15:00)

Moderator: Evonne Tan, Data Management & China Strategy Director, Textile Exchange

Heinz Zeller, Head of Sustainability and Logistics, Hugo Boss Ticino
Mario Micelli, National Contact Point to the OECD, Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Leanne Kemp, Founder & CEO, Everledger
Francesca Poggiali, Public Policy Director Europe, GS1

Session #4: The value chain and data model for transparency and traceability of sustainable value chains (15:10–16:00)

Moderator: Frans van Diepen, Senior Adviser, State Enterprise Agency, the Netherlands, and UN/CEFACT Domain Coordinator

Virginia Cram-Martos, CEO, Triangularity, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Marco Ricchetti, Co-founder, Blumine Srl, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Deborah Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainable Leather Foundation, and UN/CEFACT project expert
Gerhard Heemskerk, Data Modeller, EDI Consultant, and UN/CEFACT project expert

Roundtable #4: Framing a new Pilot for traceability and due diligence: focus on the leather value chain (16:10–16:50)

Moderator: Andrea Redaelli, Principal Project and Portfolio Management

Chiara Morelli, Sustainability Manager, Kering Group
Mauricio S. Bauer, Senior Corporate Engagement Specialist, National Wildlife Federation
Kevin Latner, Vice President, Leather and Hide Council of America
Angelika Duckenfield, President, Association pour l'assurance qualité des fabricants de bracelets cuirs (AQC)
Juan Carlos Vasquez Murillo, Chief Legal and Compliance Unit, CITES Secretariat

Closing and Next project milestones (16:50–17:00)

Frans van Diepen, State Enterprise Agency, the Netherlands, and UN/CEFACT Domain Coordinator
Maria Rosaria Ceccarelli, Chief of Section, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE

Documents and Presentations

DOCUMENTS

  1. Policy Recommendation and Guidelines (as submitted for public review on 20 October)
  2. Call to Action (as submitted for the 26th UN/CEFACT Plenary)
  3. Business Requirement Specification Textile and Leather High Level Process & Data Model (as submitted for public review on 3 November)
  4. Business Requirement Specification Textile and Leather Traceability and Transparency Process & CCBDA Data Model (as submitted for public review on 3 November)
  5. Project document for a pilot on blockchain for traceability and due diligence in the cotton value chain and progress report (draft November 2020)

PRESENTATIONS

Keynote address  by Ivonne Higuero, Secretary-General, CITES Secretariat

Session #1: Traceability and transparency of value chains: key enablers for sustainability and circularity
Presentation  by Cyril Sayag, European Commission; Maria Teresa Pisani, UNECE; and Joseph Wozniak, ITC
Presentation  by Paul Roeland, Clean Clothes Campaign
Presentation  by Paolo Naldini, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto; and Giorgio Ravasio, Vivienne Westwood

Session #2: UNECE Policy Recommendation, Guidelines and Call to Action
Presentation  by Maria Teresa Pisani, UNECE; Virginia Cram-Martos, Triangularity, and UN/CEFACT project expert; Francesca Romana Rinaldi, Bocconi Sustainability Lab Community for Circular Fashion, and UN/CEFACT project expert; and Claudia Di Bernardino, Lawyer, and UN/CEFACT project expert

Session #3: Leveraging the potential of blockchain to foster due diligence: focus on the cotton value chain

Introduction by Alexis Morgan, WWF
Presentation on the progress regarding Pilot #1 a blockchain technology for traceability and due diligence in the cotton value chain  by Andrea Redaelli, Principal Project and Portfolio Management, UN/CEFACT project expert; Olivia Chassot, UNECE; Claudia Di Bernardino, Lawyer, UN/CEFACT project expert; and Giacomo Poretti, SUPSI

Roundtable #3: Innovation and digital tools to support sustainability and due diligence
Presentation  by Evonne Tan, Textile Exchange

Session #4: The value chain and data model for transparency and traceability of sustainable value chains
Presentation  by Virginia Cram-Martos, Triangularity, and UN/CEFACT project expert; Deborah Taylor, Sustainable Leather Foundation; Marco Ricchetti, BlumineSrl; Gerhard Heemskerk, EDI Consultant
UN/CEFACT project expert

Roundtable #4: Framing a new Pilot for traceability and due diligence: focus on the leather value chain
Presentation  by Kevin Latner, Leather and Hide Council of America

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