In a move to create more awareness about the need of staying sustainable in today’s competitive global market, Foreign Trade Association (FTA), the leading business association of Europe and international commerce, recently organized Sustainability Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Under the theme – The Power of Collaboration, the Conference addressed the social compliance and environment-related issues, and how trade, environment and human rights need to be in sync, to attain a truly ‘sustainable future’, which will in turn strengthen the collaborations among the heads in any supply chain.
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“Achieving a strong global economy must go hand in hand with sustainable and responsible supply chain practices that are respectful of workers’ rights and the environment,” averred FTA Director General, Christian Ewert.
FTA Sustainability Conference united hundreds of large and small companies with NGOs, Government representatives, academics and think-tanks from all over the world, to work towards finding solutions on how to create sustainable business models that meet the needs of the future and the intertwined challenge of climate change and human rights to prominent sustainability challenges in factories and farms worldwide.
In-depth talks on specific terms such as influencing a supply chain beyond the higher management, migrant workers and female empowerment were also on the agenda at the conference.
