USCIB President and CEO Peter Robinson will be joined by other leading industry experts at the Jumpstart American Jobs event “Sold. Separately.” Reserve your spot today at Jumpstartjobs.org. About the Jumpstart American Jobs Series As millions of Americans begin to emerge from this pandemic-induced hibernation, the economic landscape around them will be dramatically different. Just as American employers led the way […]

USCIB's Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs will host a conversation with UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights members Dante Pesce and Anita Ramasastry. Next year (2021) will be the 10-year anniversary of the unanimous adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Pesce and Ramasastry will present […]

UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) on the UNGPs 10 Year Project.  UNWG members and project co-leads, Dante Pesce and Anita Ramasastry, will begin the webinar with an overview of the project’s goals and planned outputs before opening up the discussion for member comments. When:  Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 29th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST RSVP: […]

USCIB VP for CR and Labor Affairs Gabriella Rigg Herzog will moderate a panel during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on the role businesses play in detecting and eliminating forced labor. The event will begin with a keynote from Robert A. Destro, U.S. Department of State, on forced labor in China. Marcia Eugenio, U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), […]

July 30th is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will hold an online event featuring senior speakers including from State Department, USTR, Department of Homeland Secuirty, and Department of Labout on key forced labor issues. https://uscib.org/event/us-chamber-of-commerce-virtual-event-on-eliminating-forced-labor/

Conversation with the U.S. State Department on how U.S. business can use U.S. Embassy human rights officers and labor officers as resources in their work in country; anything from supply chain issues in country, liaising with the host government, protecting human rights defenders, as well as a host of other issues. Presented by Lynn Sicade, Director, Office of Multilateral and Global […]

USCIB's SDGs Working Group will hold a conference call on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. More details on this (e.g. agenda, etc.) to follow. For more information, contact: Claudia Herbert Colfer: ccolfer@uscib.org

USCIB SDGs Working Group conference call will take place on September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. This virtual meeting will cover: Overview of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 75) What is At Stake: Business Issues and Main Governmental Positions Online Events During UNGA USCIB Involvement Options, Responsive to Member Survey Responses Update […]