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We are pleased to invite you to a Side Session on ‘Social Compliance Auditing in the Context of the CSDDD’ at the OECD Forum on ‘Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector’ to be held online on 14 February 2025. About the webinar Over 170,000 social compliance audits were conducted globally in 2023, helping businesses establish baseline assessments of their supply chains. However, with the introduction of the EU CSDDD Directive 52, the professionalization of Social Compliance Auditors and their firms has become a pressing priority. How can we ensure competence, integrity, and accountability in social compliance auditing while navigating rapidly evolving legal frameworks? This webinar brings together leading experts from APSCA, amfori, Intertek, and German Helpdesk Business & Human Rights to explore the challenges and opportunities in aligning social compliance auditing with global due diligence requirements. At the webinar you will be able to: • Understand the global laws shaping social compliance auditing, including the EU CSDDD Directive 52. • Explore the role of social compliance audits in human rights due diligence. • Learn best practices for ensuring auditor competence, integrity, and independence. • Discover tools and methodologies to meet compliance requirements. • Gain insights from industry experience to inform future guidance. • Identify challenges and opportunities in professionalizing social compliance auditing. Please register below.