Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
Join Kharon and AAFA for a technical deep dive into the evolving landscape of forced labor compliance. This session moves beyond high-level theory to examine the data-driven strategies necessary for identifying supply chain exposure to forced labor risk in complex and opaque jurisdictions.
We will discuss methods for uncovering high-risk entities that often remain invisible to traditional risk assessments, as well as some of the operational considerations, like interoperability with existing traceability solutions and testing protocols.
Risk detection and mitigation can be immensely time-consuming, increasing the importance of reducing noise and ensuring that alerts are credible and actionable.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- How forced labor risk continues to evolve, even 4 years after the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) took effect.
- The realistic level of visibility and knowledge they can gain about forced labor risks within their supply chain.
- How systems should work together to ensure their attention is devoted to the highest-priority risks.
Speaker:
Ethan Woolley
Global Director of Strategy
Kharon
Ethan Woolley is a Director at Kharon, where he supports the firm’s clients on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) due diligence best practices and the use of data to strengthen risk management programs. Ethan frequently works with organizations in the retail, apparel, automotive, chemical, and telecommunications industries, and regularly speaks at conferences and industry events on forced labor risk. Ethan received his BA in International Relations and Russian from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Energy Politics from the European University at St. Petersburg. Ethan speaks Russian and spent time living in Moscow.
AAFA Host:
Audrey Clark
Trade and Transportation Specialist
AAFA
Audrey Clark is responsible for supporting the association’s trade policy efforts and leading the Transportation Team as the committee liaison. Prior to joining AAFA in November 2023, Audrey worked as Export Program Coordinator at the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS) where she managed eight international export promotion campaigns and supported four DISCUS committees. She previously worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where she was awarded the Pearce Prize Achievement Award and served as Program Coordinator for Streaming & Broadcasting. She has earned both her bachelor’s and master's degrees in International Affairs from Georgia Tech.
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