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A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.
Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.
5 - Hold companies accountable
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About this process
Make companies accountable for the exploitation of workers and the environment
What does corporate accountability mean to you?
Use this space to discuss this question.
Due dilligence laws
I was thinking whether we could make this section stronger by explicitly addressing how power asymmetries between brands and suppliers are maintained through purchasing practices? Specifically, how can due diligence laws ensure that accountability doesn’t stop at “transparency,” but actually redistr…
If you could take a fashion brand or manufacturer to court for workers' rights violations, what would you charge them with?
Companies try to shield themselves from taking responsibility for their workers. If you had the chance, what would you charge these corporate giants with? What would be most impactful?
What more could the government do to address the harm fashion brands and manufacturers are doing to workers and the planet?
We all know fashion brands and manufacturers are exploiting workers and destroying the planet, but what are governments doing about it? And what should they be doing?
Control of laws
At our event in Austria, the question often arose as to how companies and the flow of goods can be better controlled and what kind of control is important. Let's collect ideas here!
Use broad concept of due diligence for Just Transition
I think we should look at broadly and include due diligence regulation not only addressing the EU-CSDDD, but also the EU Forced Labour Regulation, the UN binding Treaty process on due diligence, and other regulations like the Bangladesh accord and framework agreements.