Ruggie: we should proceed with specific hard-law tools rather than pass a single #UNGP treaty #GLS2015
Ruggie: distinction between hard and soft law is breaking down. Job of lawyer is already not just to look at black letter law. #GLS2015
Johnathan Drimmer: human rights quite distinct from #CSR: #humanrights are not voluntary. #GLS2015
Ruggie: Pentagon is huge purchaser if apparel, but had none of supply chain controls US gvt expect of corporates #GLS2015
Ruggie: 19 national action plans in progress. Most valuable result is gvt agencies working together to address contradictions. #GLS2015
Ruggie: companies do a lousy job of measuring value destruction #GLS2015
Ruggie on direct vs indirect impacts. "If you broke it, you own it" #GLS2015
Cherie Blair on importance today of values. Ppl want to feel good about working for employer, or buying as consumer #GLS2015
John Ruggie on obstacles faced when working on #UNGPs #GLS2015: Sweden worried corporate resp might dilute state obligations
3 basic principles across common law world: lawful basis in law; assumption of fair procedure; substance of decision lawful? #jr #GLS2015
Pannick cites lord dyson from 2011: There is no principle more basic to our system of law. #jr #GLS2015
Kevin Highland, uk anti-slavery com, wants to work with businesses committed to removing #ModernSlavery from their supply chain. #GLS2015
Kevin Highland, uk anti-slavery commissioner, wants to increase number of victims IDd and in tandem prosecutions. #ModernSlavery #GLS2015
Chris Osborne @FTIConsulting: global elite firms will always prosper as technology is adding more complexity than it is simplifying #gls2015
@richardsusskind: by 2050 average desktop computer will have more processing power than humanity combined #GLS2015
@richardsusskind: Change from print to electronic data as structural as change from script to print #GLS2015
@richardsusskind on the 3 Ds: digitization, decomposition and diversification #GLS2015
Sir Michael Rake commends community investment to support civil society as a 'no brainer' #GLS2015
Michael Rake - importance of 'public acceptability test' - public now unforgiving if companies follow letter but not spirit of law. #gls2015
Rosemary Martin @VodafoneUK raises access to justice challenges to the rule of law in uk - says we need constant vigilance #GLS2015