The OECD Forum is a key moment each year to shape the direction of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD). For Fair Wear, it’s an opportunity to show what impactful HREDD looks like in practice — grounded in production-country realities, meaningful stakeholder engagement, equitable sourcing relationships, and worker-centred access to remedy.
In 2026, our team will contribute to conversations that move the sector from dialogue to implementation. Below is an overview of the sessions we are hosting or speaking at during the Forum.
Our Sessions at the OECD Forum 2026
1. Making remedy real: Securing effective grievance redress for workers
Date: 9 February 2026 | Time: 09:00–10:00 CET
Organised by: Fair Wear, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, Grüner Knopf
This session explores how harms in complex supply chains are identified and addressed through real case examples and multi-stakeholder inputs. It highlights obstacles workers face in seeking redress and what meaningful, worker-centred remediation requires.
2. Meaningful stakeholder engagement in practice: Insights from India, Indonesia and Eastern Europe
Date: 9 February 2026 | Time: 12:30–13:30 CET
Organised by: Fair Wear, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, Green Button, CNV Internationaal
A session grounded in lessons from MSE pilots across three regions, demonstrating how structured, continuous engagement with unions, civil society, suppliers and worker representatives strengthens risk prioritisation and HRDD mitigation actions.
3. Reducing Burden, Increasing Impact: Collaborative Approach for Effective Due Diligence
Date: 10 February 2026 | Time: 09:00–10:30 CET
Organised by: The Industry We Want (TIWW)
This TIWW-hosted session explores how retailers and MSIs can reduce fragmentation by aligning expectations and developing shared, OECD-based due diligence approaches.
4. Pulse‑check on the CSDDD Implementation for the Textile Sector
Date: 11 February 2026 | Time: 14:00–15:30 CET
Hosted by: SLCP, Policy Hub, Fair Wear Foundation, EURATEX
A roundtable assessing what guidance the sector needs to effectively implement the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), featuring practitioners with hands‑on experience using due diligence tools and frameworks.
5. Workshop on responsible disengagement
Date: 12 February 2026 | Time: 14:00–15:30 CET
A practical workshop on implementing responsible disengagement within HRDD — including safeguards for workers and conditions that help avoid harmful exits.
6. Accountability and responsible purchasing practices: avenues for resolving unfair purchasing practices and contract breaches
Date: 12 February 2026 | Time: 12:30–13:45 CET
Organised by: STTI – Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative
This session examines pathways for manufacturers to address harmful purchasing practices and strengthen the accountability mechanisms underpinning responsible purchasing within HRDD.