Meet The Centre at ReThink HK 2026 and Join Our Workshop on Meaningful HRDD | Sep 10

We're excited to be joining ReThink HK 2026 on 10-11 September, where we'll be hosting an interactive workshop on human rights due diligence on Day 1 (Sep. 10) and exhibiting in the Social Enterprise Pavilion.

Whether you are working in sustainability, responsible sourcing, compliance, legal, ESG or supply chain management, we invite you to join us for practical discussions on strengthening human rights due diligence and creating better outcomes for workers and communities.

About our Workshop 

Title: “What Meaningful Human Rights Due Diligence Approaches Look Like in Practice”

Date: September 10, 2026

Time: 10:15 am-11:30 am

As human rights due diligence (HRDD) becomes increasingly embedded in regulation, investor expectations and business practice, companies are investing significant time and resources in monitoring, auditing, reporting and managing human rights risks across their supply chains.

But are we using social audits and sustainability reporting in the right way?

These mechanisms can provide valuable visibility into human rights risks. Yet monitoring alone does not prevent harm. When resources are concentrated on identifying and reporting problems, with less attention given to addressing root causes and funding meaningful remediation, companies risk becoming better at documenting problems without becoming better at solving the root cause.

This interactive workshop will examine what it takes to turn social audits and sustainability reporting into more effective levers for change. Drawing on practical insights from business and implementation perspectives, and The Centre for Child Rights and Business’s latest proprietary research studies, we will explore how companies can use these mechanisms more strategically, influencing internal decision-making and investment, and strengthening their approaches to prevention and remediation, particularly in relation to child labour.

Rather than presenting another set of best-practice checklists, the session will ask a more fundamental question: How can we make the audits and reports companies already use work harder for people at risk of harm?

Through facilitated peer discussions and group exercises, participants will actively co-create actionable recommendations alongside fellow practitioners. The goal is for everyone to leave not just with ideas, but with practical recommendations, developed by peers in the room, that can be taken back into their own organisations and applied to strengthen HRDD in practice.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Shift from compliance to strategy: Move beyond using social audits as mere compliance checklists and understand how to integrate the human rights data they generate into core corporate strategy and governance.

2. Apply auditor insights to real-world challenges: Examine key findings from The Centre for Child Rights and Business's latest global study on social auditors' experiences, with specific attention to how child labour and forced labour are identified and the barriers to effective remediation.

3. Strengthen HRDD through child rights disclosures: Drawing on Making Children Count: Sustainability Reporting Across Emerging Asia—the latest UNICEF report authored by The Centre—participants will explore how robust child rights disclosures build stakeholder trust, enhance due diligence performance, and meet evolving regulatory expectations.

4. Build internal buy-in for resource allocation: Start developing practical business-case arguments to secure the necessary resources and internal stakeholder commitment for strengthening HRDD across supply chains.

How to Register

Attendees must first register and buy their ReThink pass via ReThink's website. Once registered, attendees can find register for our workshop directly via the event platform. 

Visit Us at the Social Enterprise Pavilion

You can also find The Centre at the Social Enterprise Pavilion throughout both days of ReThink HK.

Stop by our booth to learn more about our work supporting businesses to identify, prevent and address child rights and labour rights risks in global supply chains. Our team will be available to discuss practical approaches to human rights due diligence, responsible recruitment, child labour remediation, young worker protection, family-friendly workplaces and other key sustainability challenges. We'll also be sharing resources, showcasing examples from our field programmes and offering opportunities to connect with our team and learn more about our training and advisory services.

Whether you are already implementing human rights due diligence or just beginning your journey, we'd love to meet you. We look forward to seeing you at ReThink HK 2026!