Summary

In this session Elaine Mitchel-Hill will provide an overview of salient human rights issues for natural stone sourced around the globe. She will shine a light on the speed and pace of human rights legislation, mandatory human rights due diligence and its likely impact on the products you use, and for your customers/companies. Elaine will then share insights from natural stone supply chains sector, look at the kind of questions you should be asking of the companies you source from, or specify; and highlight the direct impact on key issues – such as child labour and forced labour – of the decisions that you make. This webinar will also share developments in human rights due diligence in the wake of the global pandemic.