2021 Technical Presentation: Sustainability Panel: Preventing Forced Labor & Promoting Human Rights
This presentation was provided at the 2021 Fall Meeting & Exhibits in October. The presenters, Greg Metschke, Chandri Navarro, Pontus Mattsson, Abdullah Munir, and Suzanne Munson, presented on preventing forced labor and promoting human rights, including information on the Sustainable Spices Initiative (SSI), ESG pressure on supply chains, US legislative and regulatory changes, TFTE, forced labor enforcement, and how to prepare for a WRO.
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