Sign up for the new session of the B-Tech Peer Learning Platform on UNGPs

IOE passes on the invitation from the OHCHR to invite all ITC companies part of its network, including SMEs, to participate in the B-Tech Peer Learning Platform (PLP), which provides foundational guidance on the UNGPs to any self-defined tech company over webinars.  

• Register for the 15March session at either 10am CET or 9am PST (6pm CET). This second B-Tech PLP session will introduce participants to the process of human rights due diligence in the context of product/service end-use, as well as provide insight into how they might prepare for regulatory requirements focused on the tech sector.

Each webinar focuses on a different aspect of the UNGPs. The PLP is a series of webinars open to participants from a diverse range of tech companies from different geographic regions. The PLP is intended to broaden tech companies’ engagement with the UNGPs, informed by B-Tech foundational guidance; support capacity building within these companies; broker connections among human rights functions across the industry, and; foster geographic outreach to tech firms headquartered globally. 

Topics in the webinar series include:

• Introduction to B-Tech and the UNGPs (UNGPs 101) 
• Human Rights Due Diligence and End Use 
• Regulation 
• Human Rights Risk in Business Models 
• Human Rights and Responsible Investment in Tech 
• Access to Remedy 
• Stakeholder Engagement & Vulnerable Groups 
• A UNGPs perspective on timely challenges or global issues

Any question about the PLP can be directed at the B-Tech team throughohchr-b-techproject(at)ohchr.org.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jason Pegat-Toquet (pegat-toquet(at)ioe-emp.com) if you have any questions.