Whistleblowing: A Catalyst for Supply Chain Integrity

Tuesday 12th November

6.00 am GMT | 15.00 JST | 45 minutes

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Sustainable and resilient supply chains are essential for businesses today. One critical aspect of ensuring supply chain integrity is having a whistleblowing channel where concerns can be securely raised and investigated – this is important not only during due diligence, but also throughout the relationship with vendors.

Join regulatory compliance experts Jan Stappers from NAVEX and Takeshi Yoshida from Baker & McKenzie as they cover everything you need to know in two informative sessions.

Agenda

Session 1

Requirements of sustainability due diligence regulations related to reporting channels

Essential factors and practical strategies to implement a grievance mechanism

Useful suggestions on how to leverage your existing whistleblowing system

Session 2

Third party due diligence across your supply chain that meets sustainability due diligence regulatory requirements

Comparing Japan’s Guidance for Companies on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains and the EU CSDDD

Discussion about other countries with similar existing legislation

Our presenters

Takeshi Yoshida

Partner

Law Offices of Baker & McKenzie

Takeshi Yoshida

Partner

Law Offices of Baker & McKenzie

Takeshi Yoshida is a partner of Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution and Compliance & Investigations groups in Tokyo. He handles international dispute resolution, crisis management and corporate investigations as well as compliance and commercial contracts. He has been recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” in Japan’s dispute resolution field by The Legal 500 (2021-2024 editions) as well as Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers by Thomson Reuters (2021-2024 editions) . His experience includes working at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong and as a panel arbitrator at the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA).

Since 2015, Takeshi has been teaching business negotiation strategy as a part-time lecturer at Chuo University’s Graduate School of Strategic Management (Chuo University Business School). In addition, he is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) as an MCIArb, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as a CIA and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) as a CFE. Takeshi is fluent in English and Japanese.
Jan Stappers

Regulatory Solution Director

NAVEX

Jan Stappers

Regulatory Solution Director

NAVEX

An expert in organizational whistleblowing management, Jan is engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption, and organizational whistleblowing best practices. Jan is CIPP/E is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law).

Jan was recently accepted as a member into The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems.