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Upcoming Events

RISE Member Meeting | Hong Kong

September 8, 2025 10:00 - 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong

During this in-person meeting, RISE will share recent impact, upcoming expansions and innovations, and facilitate a workshop on maintaining momentum for gender equality in an uncertain supply chain environment.

Member Collaboration Session: How RISE support corporate Human Rights Due Diligence

September 10, 2025 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Zoom

Join us for a closed-door Member Collaboration Meeting on how programs like RISE can support your companies’ human rights due diligence (HRDD) and reporting.

From root causes to collective action: Addressing GBVH in garment supply chains | 2025 United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum

September 18, 2025 10:30 - 11:00 ICT
Bangkok, Thailand

This session, framed as a case study, aims to bring the issue to life through the voices and experiences of women workers. Drawing on stories from participants in programs such as the RISE Respect workplace program, the discussion will spotlight the everyday challenges women face at work and the collaborative solutions existing to address GBVH.

Mental Health Working Group First Virtual Session

September 18, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Zoom

We’re excited to launch the RISE Mental Health Working Group. This new collaborative effort will support the integration of the mental health components across our RISE programs and help shape the industry dialogue to make mental health central to worker well-being efforts, especially for women, in the garment, footwear and home textile industries.

Weaving the Future Together: Unlocking the Private Sector’s Potential to Support Low-Income Workers’ Climate Resilience

September 24, 2025 08:00 - 10:00 EDT
New York City

This in-person roundtable will share findings from RISE’s conversations with women workers about how climate change affects their current reality and their outlook for the future.

From Risk to Shared Value: Partnerships for Safe & Sustainable Workplaces | Central America Donors Forum (CADF)

October 6, 2025 11:00 - 12:00
Guatemala City

This session explores the vital and complementary roles of the private sector, government, trade unions and civil society to prevent and address workplace violence in a comprehensive way, promote decent work and generate business benefits. Through concrete case studies, it will present strategies that align private sector interests with worker rights.

Member Collaboration Session: Developing Shared Factory Assessments and Self Diagnostic Tools

November, 2025
Zoom

Join us to learn and share with other RISE members about aligning factory-level assessments and self-diagnostic tools to support equality across the industry at scale.

Industry Convening: Building a Resilient and Future-Proof Garment and Footwear Sector in Central America

November 19, 2025 09:00
Guatemala City

Industry Convening: Building a Resilient and Future-Proof Garment and Footwear Sector in Central America

Industry Convening: Building a Resilient and Future-Proof Garment and Footwear Sector in Central America

November 19, 2025 09:30 - 16:00 Guatemala
Ciudad de Guatemala

We are convening industry leaders to discuss what is needed for building an enabling environment for responsible business operations in the region—one that centers the rights and needs of workers

Year in Review and Looking ahead

December, 2025
Zoom

Join us for a webinar as we reflect on our shared progress towards more gender equal and resilient supply chains and look ahead to 2026.

Past Events

¿Cómo podemos construir cadenas de valor más resilientes, sostenibles e inclusivas, integrando enfoques colaborativos que aborden los desafíos sociales y ambientales? | ImpactMinds: Collective Makers

Esta sesión invita a repensar las cadenas de valor desde una perspectiva transformadora para enfrentar desafíos como la violencia estructural contra las mujeres trabajadoras, la exclusión de proveedores sociales, la crisis climática o el nuevo contexto normativo global. Las organizaciones participantes compartirán experiencias que cuestionan el statu quo y proponen alternativas basadas en colaboración, regeneración e innovación estratégica. 

September 3, 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Medellín, Colombia
Medellín, Colombia

How to make climate action more resilient by focusing on workers

This year, RISE spoke to over 200 workers across Bangladesh and Cambodia to better understand how climate change is impacting their lives and work in the garment, footwear and home textiles sectors. Join us to hear what they told us and which practical actions workers and industry stakeholders suggest to mitigate some of the impacts.

August 27, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Zoom

Member Collaboration Session | Program Sustainability: What Happens after the Program Ends?

Join RISE members and other stakeholders to discuss strategies and best practices on sustaining impact after program completion.

July 7, 2025 13:00 - 14:30
Zoom