11th Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC) Supplier Forum

“Shining a light on due diligence in global ICT supply chains”

This year the JAC Supplier Forum 2025 will look at one of the biggest sustainability challenges currently facing the industry – the need to implement due diligence approaches which prevent and address sustainability risks in global ICT supply chains.

The JAC Supplier Forum 2025 is being held on 11th – 12th June 2025 at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China.

Click here to find out which JAC Member companies will be present on the day representing JAC.

You can find the draft agenda (details are subject to change) for both days below:

Day 1 – Wednesday 11th June 2025

Agenda
*Time*	*Item*	*Speakers / Panellists*
08.00-09.00	Registration
09.00-09.15	Welcome and introduction from a JAC board member	Bernardo Scammacca: Sustainability Manager at Orange Melanie Kubin: VP Group Corporate Responsibility at Deutsche Telekom
09.15-09:45	Setting the scene and context on global due diligence requirements and relevance to ICT sector	Richard Bourne: VP Asia Pacific Japan at EcoVadis & Valerie Wang: Senior Sustainability Solution at EcoVadis
09:45 -10.15	JAC perspective – why we are focusing on due diligence	John Spear: Director at epi Consulting
10.15-10.30	JAC audit updates – findings from JAC audits, CAPs, trends	John Spear: Director at epi Consulting
10:30-11.00	Due Diligence trends in China	Qingyi Li: Expert on due diligence and compliance in supply chains for China at ILO
11.00-11.15	Break
11.15-11.30	Climate change working group update	Carlo Drauth: Global Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business at Telefónica
11.30-11.45	Circular economy working group update	Dirk Karl: Chief Procurement Officer at MTN
11.45-12.00	Audience vote on critical due diligence issues
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-13.45	Best practice on due diligence in global supply chains – shared discussion JAC member and industry	Moderator with 6 Panellists – Click here to see the details
13.45-14.00	Organise and invite guests to Work Groups
14.00-15.00	Break out group discussions Risk based targeting Reaching lower tiers in the supply chain Improving audit and CAP performance	Risk based targeting Jessica Rooney: Human Rights Manager at Vodafone David Gee: Chief Procurement Officer at Telstra Raffaela Ortner: Head of Group ESG at A1 Kelly Ning: Supplier Capability Manager at BT Group Reaching lower tiers in the supply chain Oliver Oberli: Head of Sustainable Procurement at Swisscom Kim Hurst: Global Lead, Supply Chain Sustainability at Vodafone Stefan de Wit: Director of Procurement & Wholesale at ODIDO Carlo Drauth: Global Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business at Telefónica Improving audit and CAP performance Nicola Grande: Sustainable Procurement Manager at Swisscom Paula Gonzalez: Sustainability Expert at Telefónica Gauthier Dubois: Procurement Center of Excellence Manager at Proximus Ulrike Schmidt von Knobelsdorf: Head of Procurement, Compliance and Resilience at DT Group Supply Services at Deutsche Telekom Melanie Kubin: VP Group Corporate Responsibility at Deutsche Telekom (observing)
15.00-15.15	Break
15.15-15.45	Breakout group feedback
15.45-16.15	Conclusion	Melanie Kubin: VP Group Corporate Responsibility at Deutsche Telekom
16.30	End of day one of the conference

Day 2 – Thursday 12th June 2025

*Agenda*
*Time*	Item	*Speakers*
08.00-09.00	Registration
09.00-09.10	Welcome and outline of day two	Raffaela Ortner: Head of Group ESG at A1
09.10-09.40	Industry Best Practice on Due Diligence	Joyce Chau: Director Asia Pacific at Amfori
09.40 – 09.45	Organise and invite guests to Work Groups
09.45-10.20	Due diligence implementation and challenges workshops in break-out groups. Decarbonisation Circular economy CAPs Performance Workers Wellbeing	Decarbonisation Carlo Drauth: Global Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business at Telefónica Oliver Oberli: Head of Sustainable Procurement at Swisscom David Gee: Chief Procurement Officer at Telstra Melanie Kubin: VP Group Corporate Responsibility at Deutsche Telekom Circular economy Kim Hurst: Global Lead, Supply Chain Sustainability at Vodafone Dirk Karl: Chief Procurement Officer at MTN Bernardo Scammacca: Sustainability Manager at Orange Raffaela Ortner: Head of Group ESG at A1 CAPs Performance Paula Gonzalez: Sustainability Expert at Telefonica Jessica Rooney: Human Rights Manager at Vodafone Gauthier Dubois: Procurement Center of Excellence Manager at Proximus Kelly Ning: Supplier Capability Manager at BT Group Workers Wellbeing Nicola Grande: Sustainable Procurement Manager at Swisscom Stefan de Wit: Director of Procurement & Wholesale at ODIDO Annabelle Lefébure: Director of Health, Safety & Supply Chain Sustainability at Telenor
10.20-10.30	Break
10.30-11.00	Panel discussion with Workshop leads to discuss findings
11.00-11.15	JAC Supplier Awards – Announcement of winner 1 followed by presentation from winner 1
11.15-11.30	JAC Supplier Awards – Announcement of winner 2 followed by presentation from winner 2
11.30-11.45	JAC Supplier Awards – Announcement of winner 3 followed by presentation from winner 3
11.45-12.00	Thank you, closing summary and next steps	Raffaela Ortner: Head of Group ESG at A1

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