Lecture Description
This presentation will provide an update on the evolution of human rights and labor due diligence requirements in major coffee importing countries. The presentation will educate attendees on what HRDD means for coffee farming and how companies and farmers can implement different levels of HRDD, with a focus on labor, at farms and coffee regions.
We will share specific tools, created, and tested in coffee farms in different countries, that can be used as part of a comprehensive HRDD system to identify, prevent and mitigate labor risks and adverse impacts on the rights of people.
We will discuss lessons learned from the implementation of these tools and from the implementation of social compliance systems and HRDD systems in coffee and agriculture.
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room Number: S403AB
Instructors
Miguel Zamora (he/him)
Managing Director, Rural Voices / Verite
Miguel has been involved in agriculture for 25 years. His work focuses on fostering regenerative agriculture, strengthening sustainable supply chains and creating opportunities for sustainable trade between farming communities and the food industry.
With Rural Voices CIC, Miguel focuses on amplifying the voice of farming communities, so the perspective of farmers and farmworkers is included in the discussions and decisions of the sustainability initiatives led by food companies, governments, and civil society organizations.
Miguel supports Verité’s efforts to define good practice and create open-source resources to help companies, suppliers, and other stakeholders eliminate labor abuses from global agricultural supply chains.
Quinn Sandor Kepes (he/him)
Senior Director, Verité
Quinn Sandor Kepes is a Senior Director at Verité, where he has worked for over 15 years on labor issues in the coffee sector and a number of other sectors across the globe. He has directed a number of company, foundation, and government-funded projects to identify, address, and prevent labor violations in the coffee sector and currently oversees the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project. Mr. Kepes has conducted and directed field research on labor issues on coffee farms in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Brazil, and Uganda. He leads Verité’s Applied Research for Evidence and Action (AREA) and Worker Agency, Voice and Empowerment (WAVE) practice groups.