Register for The Centre x ETI's Joint Webinar on Safeguarding Child and Human Rights in Emerging Circular Supply Chains | June 25

As pressure to adopt circular supply chain practices grows, businesses must also confront the human and child rights risks within these systems, particularly in recycling and post-industrial waste sectors. Much of this work is currently done by informal workers, often under unsafe and exploitative conditions. These workers, many of them women and children, lack contracts, protections and fair wages, and are regularly exposed to hazardous materials. Despite their important role, they are often left out of formal circularity strategies and investment plans.

This exclusion not only threatens the wellbeing of recycling workers but also risks undermining circular solutions themselves. Cost-effective informal operations may outcompete more sustainable but expensive models, and without inclusion, conditions for existing workers may worsen.

Coinciding with World Environment Day, this webinar will explore how circularity can, and must, go beyond environmental goals to include social responsibility. Speakers will share insights, including findings from The Centre’s research in Bangladesh, and discuss how circular business models can meaningfully include and support the people already working in this space.

Why Join?

1. Understand child rights and human rights risks in emerging circular supply chains, and why businesses should not overlook this segment of the supply chain

2. Gain insights on key findings from The Centre's research on human rights and child rights risks in the lead recycling and post-industrial textile waste sectors

3. Learn from industry experts on their approaches and solutions to human rights and circularity

Date: June 25, 2025

Time: 10-11:00 a.m. BST

Format: Zoom

Organisers: Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) & The Centre for Child Rights and Business (The Centre)

Register:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RxjuVoZdQpekPJmD5ISoSQ#/registration