21st - 26th June 2024

The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024

Advancing Fair and Ethical Recruitment for All

LONDON & ONLINE

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The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024

HOSTS

#GFRR2024 is hosted by the Institute for Human Rights and Business in partnership with Aim-Progress and Stronger Together.

Join the leading forum for accelerating fair, ethical, and responsible recruitment of migrant workers.

The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024 is a two-day event bringing together businesses, civil society, trade unions, government, and academia to discuss the global agenda on responsible recruitment.

#GFRR2024 will be an in-person event in London and will also be live-streamed to an online audience around the world.

WHY ATTEND

Convening: A global ecosystem that inspires and enables uptake of improved recruitment commitments, practices, and outcomes.

Networking: Connecting global and diverse organisations and their ecosystems to accelerate progress around our shared mission.

Shared Learning: Amplifying expertise to scale uptake and empower all to shape a sustainable recruitment industry.

Thought Leadership: Taking stock and nurturing ideas to achieve better recruitment regulation and practices and eradicate worker-paid recruitment fees.

AGENDA

The two days of GFRR 2024 bring together experts and practitioners to tackle the challenges and solutions for protecting migrant workers. This year’s Forum will focus on presenting concrete tools for responsible recruitment, protecting the rights of women migrant workers, and the recruitment challenges in key migration corridors.

SPEAKERS

David Camp

Stronger Together and the Association of Labour Providers

Chair

Levers for Change: Recommendations and Realities from the Frontline

Declan Croucher

Verité

Chief Commercial Officer

Implementing and Verifying Employer Pays Ethical Recruitment: Approaches and Tools

Aarti Kapoor

Embode

Executive Director

Perspectives from Asia: Ten Years of Work on Responsible Recruitment, What Have We Learnt and What Do We Need to Change?

Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna

Our Journey

Founder and Director

Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers

Rae Lindsay

Clifford Chance LLP

Partner

Protect and Respect: The Impact of New Human Rights Legislation on Collaborations Between Companies and Government

Henriette McCool

Vinci

Social Innovation & Human Rights Manager

Responding to Risk: How Industry is Taking Responsible Recruitment to Scale in Global Supply Chains

Samah Abassi

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Director of Human Rights

Responsible Recruitment in the Hospitality Sector: How the Industry is Meeting the Challenge

Mary Ann Abunda

Integrated Community Center (ICC)

Executive Director

The Responsible Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers

Isobel Archer

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Senior Researcher, Labour & Migrant Worker Rights

Pre-Recorded | Lessons for Companies: Tracking Allegations of Migrant Worker Abuse & Benchmarking Companies’ Recruitment Practices

Cindy Berman

Electronics Watch

Head of Impact and Innovation

Perspectives from Asia: Ten Years of Work on Responsible Recruitment, What Have We Learnt and What Do We Need to Change?

Vincent Bernard

International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)

Senior Policy Advisor

Migrant Workers in Conflict-Affected Countries

Vicky Bowman

Institute for Human Rights and Business

Senior Adviser

Migrant Workers in Conflict-Affected Countries

Goretti Calvo

AgSocio

Director, Human Resources, Safety, & Training

Levers for Change: Recommendations and Realities from the Frontline

Paola Cammilli

Building and Wood Workers' International

Global Campaigns Director

Ensuring Workers Voice Through the Recruitment Process

Marilyn Croser

FairSquare

Senior Researcher

The Responsible Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers

Maria Isabel Cubides Sanchez

The Consumer Goods Forum

Senior Manager, Social Sustainability & Human Rights

Protect and Respect: The Impact of New Human Rights Legislation on Collaborations Between Companies and Government

Evan Cupido

Stronger Together

Project Manager

Responsible Recruitment Policies into Practice: Operational Realities on the Ground

Bart Devos

Responsible Business Alliance

Vice President of Public Policy

Protect and Respect: The Impact of New Human Rights Legislation on Collaborations Between Companies and Government

Sumi Dhanarajan

Forum for the Future

Managing Director, Southeast Asia

Pre-Recorded | Shaping the Future of Responsible Recruitment in Malaysia

Keelong Foo

TAT WIN

Director

Shared Responsibility: Practical Collaboration to Mitigate and Remediate Recruitment Fees

Yen Ne Foo

Onward

Independent Consultant

Pre-Recorded | Shaping the Future of Responsible Recruitment in Malaysia

Carola Galeppini

Unilever

Senior Manager, Social Sustainability, Unilever

Shared Responsibility: Practical Collaboration to Mitigate and Remediate Recruitment Fees

Steve Gibbons

Ergon Associates

Director

Responsible Recruitment Policies into Practice: Operational Realities on the Ground

Louise Herring

AIM-Progress

Executive Director

In Conversation: How Worker Voice Informed the Journey from Theory to Practice on Responsible Recruitment

Bethan Hunt

Stronger Together

UK Programmes Manager

Responding to Risk: How Industry is Taking Responsible Recruitment to Scale in Global Supply Chains

Matthew Jarrett

Pro-Force Group

Chief Executive Officer

Shared Responsibility: Practical Collaboration to Mitigate and Remediate Recruitment Fees

Tamara Juburi

Gulf Sustain

Programme Manager

Responsible Recruitment: Understanding and Managing Regional Complexities

Sudeep Kunwar

Shramik Sanjal

Member / Country Coordinator

Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers

Valentina Lai

FiftyEight

Southeast Asia Director

Pre-Recorded | Shaping the Future of Responsible Recruitment in Malaysia

Bonny Ling

Work Better Innovations (Taiwan)

Executive Director

Responsible Recruitment: Understanding and Managing Regional Complexities

James Mallick

Fruitful Jobs

Director

Responding to Risk: How Industry is Taking Responsible Recruitment to Scale in Global Supply Chains

Joe Martinez

CIERTO

Chief Executive Officer

Ensuring Workers Voice Through the Recruitment Process

Michelle Mason

World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Social Responsibility and Recognition Programme Manager

Responsible Recruitment in the Hospitality Sector: How the Industry is Meeting the Challenge

Sarah McGregor

International Organization for Migration

Ethical Recruitment Specialist and Global Project Manager

The Responsible Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers

Rosie Monaghan

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

KnowTheChain Senior Researcher

Pre-Recorded | Lessons for Companies: Tracking Allegations of Migrant Worker Abuse & Benchmarking Companies’ Recruitment Practices

John Morrison

Institute for Human Rights and Business

Chief Executive

Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers

Hannah Newcomb

Stronger Together

Co-CEO

Shared Responsibility: Practical Collaboration to Mitigate and Remediate Recruitment Fees

Veronica Ospina

Stronger Together

Program Manager

Levers for Change: Recommendations and Realities from the Frontline

Deeva Parikh

John Lewis Partnership

Human Rights Officer

Responding to Risk: How Industry is Taking Responsible Recruitment to Scale in Global Supply Chains

Adrian Pereira

North South Initiative

Executive Director

Pre-Recorded | Shaping the Future of Responsible Recruitment in Malaysia

Anna Pienaar

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Head of Unit, Labour Migration Pathways, Business and Human Rights

Protect and Respect: The Impact of New Human Rights Legislation on Collaborations Between Companies and Government

Mustafa Qadri

Equidem

CEO

Ensuring Workers Voice Through the Recruitment Process

Agnieszka Raczynska

Fundación Avina

Migration Program Coordinator

The Responsible Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers

Pranay Rai

International Manpower Recruitment Pt. Ltd.

Director, Compliance & Business

Levers for Change: Recommendations and Realities from the Frontline

Rakesh Ranjan

Institute for Human Rights and Business

South Asia Regional Coordinator

Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers

Sonia Eiras Sánchez

Grupo G's Espana

Group Ethics Compliance Manager

Responsible Recruitment Policies into Practice: Operational Realities on the Ground

Rishi Sher Singh

World of Gears

Chief Executive Officer

Perspectives from Asia: Ten Years of Work on Responsible Recruitment, What Have We Learnt and What Do We Need to Change?

Stephen Slack

Wm Morrisons Manufacturing

People Manager

Responsible Recruitment Policies into Practice: Operational Realities on the Ground

Marte Johnsen Stensrud

Equinor

Vice President, Human Rights and Social Responsibility

In Conversation: How Worker Voice Informed the Journey from Theory to Practice on Responsible Recruitment

Thi Thi Thein

Institute for Human Rights and Business

Senior Consultant (Myanmar-Based)

Responsible Recruitment: Understanding and Managing Regional Complexities

Neill Wilkins

Institute for Human Rights and Business

Head of Migrant Workers Programme

Opening Remarks & Featured Speakers

No worker should pay for a job — the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.

The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024

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