2-day Business Conference & Workshops, November 19-20 2003, Brussels. Followed by a full day training workshop on November 21

Practical solutions that enable your company to meet the rising expectations of customers, investors and regulators.

Attendees at the conference learned from world class speakers at: The ILO, European Commission, Carrefour, Levi Strauss, Kenyan Human Rights Commission, Novo Nordisk, Hennes & Mauritz, Gap, Chiquita, ABB, Save the Children, Statoil, Premier Oil, BASF, Insight investment, Allianz-Dresdner, International Alert, Amnesty International, the ETI, the Workers Rights Consortium, the Central American Women's Network, The International Union of Foodworkers, and many others.

Guy Ryder, General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, made a conference keynote address.

This is the conference where those in attendance found out:

- How their company compares with leading multinational companies that are raising human rights and labour standards in their supply chains?

- Key drivers for standards improvement: Which major investment, reputation and international legal issues do you need to assess?

- Group wide codes of conduct on labour standards: What are the critical corporate decisions you must make to formulate and implement a successful policy?

- Human Rights: What's the best way to develop and implement a training programme?

Contact editor@ethicalcorp.com for further details about this conference and how you can gain access to speaker presentations and summaries of the conference sessions.