Events To Attend

Events to Attend

Below is a list of Events that we think you should know about whether you are an experienced practitioner or a young practitioner looking to "up your game" or simply wanting to learn from others in the field and learn about new developments.

They include conferences, webinars or podcasts on any of the following topics:

Environmental, Social and Governance
Sustainability
Business Human Rights
Climate Law / Climate Justice

The events are organised by third-party organisers and which we have either spotted ourselves as being relevant or have been informed about. They are arranged chronologically.

Please feel free to let us know if you are organising anything. Currently, we only list UK online and in-person events and selected non-UK events held online.

Roundtable: Human Rights in Global Supply Chains, 9 Dec 25

Since the adoption of the UNGPs in 2011, states have increasingly sought to transform these voluntary standards into binding legal obligations governing corporate human rights impacts across global supply chains. A growing body of national and regional legislation reflects this shift from soft to hard law. Leading examples include the UK Modern Slavery Act, France's Duty of Vigilance Law, Germany's Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, Norway's Transparency Act, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

While these laws draw inspiration from the UNGPs, they differ significantly in scope, nature of duties, enforcement mechanisms, and sanctions. Crucially, they have all been adopted by home states of major transnational corporations — jurisdictions such as the UK, Germany, and France — that play a central role in regulating corporate conduct beyond their borders. Collectively, these initiatives mark a fundamental evolution in how states seek to shape corporate responsibility for human rights throughout global value chains.

BIICL's project examines and compares the effectiveness of these home state regulatory models in influencing corporate behaviour. It explores how companies respond to different legislative approaches, how enforcement and oversight mechanisms are functioning in practice, and what this means for the protection of human rights in complex supply chains.

At this roundtable, BIICL's research team will present initial findings from this comparative study and invite reflections and feedback from key stakeholders — including policymakers, companies, civil society organisations, and academics.

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Climate Activism in the UK, 9 Dec 25

Legal Voices for the Future presents its December 2025 Knowledge Session on The Legal Landscape for Climate Action, hosted in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment.

The session will begin with a brief introduction to the legal frameworks for climate protest, including a summary of recent reforms and developments in case law. Topics of interest include:

the creation of specific new offences for direct-action methods (such as "locking-on"),
so-called "persons unknown" injunctions
the legal significance of offenders' conscientious motivation,
the right to expression on the streets and in the workplace, and
where climate litigation fits into this wider architecture of activism.

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Business and Human Rights Forum Annual Conference, 15 Dec 25

Organised by BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law), this event will explore the increasingly complex and fragmented legal landscape that shapes corporate responsibilities for human rights and the environment. It will examine both conflicting and complementary legal regimes across jurisdictions, with a focus on jurisdictional tensions, enforcement challenges, and the expanding reach of domestic and supranational instruments.

Key themes include the influence of evolving international climate jurisprudence on corporate human rights expectations, how the growing body of business and human rights regulation and enforcement confronts the conflict of laws doctrine, the risk of fragmented liability under the CSDDD, the UK's implementation of business and human rights regulation forced labour import bans, and the potential of a 'failure to prevent' model. These complementary frameworks are reshaping how transnational companies implement due diligence and how governments enforce regulation, often resulting in legal uncertainty, contradictory obligations, and strategic litigation practices

In-person event only.

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Relationship between the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion and COPs 30 / 31, 15 Dec 25

This hybrid event will discuss how the International Court of Justice climate change Advisory Opinion has been received at COP 30 and what it means for the future of the implementation of the Paris Agreement, including the work towards the next COP in 2026.

Speakers:

- Francesco Sindico, Co-chair of the IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group and Professor of International Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde Law School

- Ana Kantzelis, Associate member, 6 Pump Court Chambers

- Varnika Chawla, Director, Climate Assets Management

- Lea Weimann, PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law

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Events to Attend

Roundtable: Human Rights in Global Supply Chains, 9 Dec 25

Climate Activism in the UK, 9 Dec 25

Business and Human Rights Forum Annual Conference, 15 Dec 25

Relationship between the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion and COPs 30 / 31, 15 Dec 25

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Impact with Professional Legal Support

Events to Attend

Roundtable: Human Rights in Global Supply Chains, 9 Dec 25

Climate Activism in the UK, 9 Dec 25

Business and Human Rights Forum Annual Conference, 15 Dec 25

Relationship between the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion and COPs 30 / 31, 15 Dec 25

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