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TUAC and OECD Watch have issued a joint statement welcoming the OECD Investment Committee’s decision that Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) can be held accountable for their links to labour rights, human rights, and environmental rights violations. ECAs — government-backed institutions that ...

Trade unions welcome strengthened labour standards in the criteria for certifying infrastructure projects. The improved standards follow the 2024 OECD Infrastructure Forum when it was announced that the Blue Dot Network (BDN) would be hosted by the OECD. Updates to the BDN certification incentivise ...

TUAC, issued a joint statement with Business at OECD (BIAC) and OECD Watch, urging governments and the OECD to take action to ensure the effectiveness of National Contact Points (NCPs) that were set up to help remediate business conduct under OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on ...

An OECD review of its Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned enterprises (SOEs) set up this year to “ensure that SOEs contribute to sustainability, and economic security and resilience” should aim higher on the sustainability of our planet, the economic security of working people and ...

The G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance for the first time recognise the role of the workforce – and not just senior management – in effective corporate governance and include stronger expectations for consultation of workers on major decisions of the company. The revised Principles ...

Governments adopted revised guidelines for multinational enterprises (MNE Guidelines) at the annual OECD Ministerial Council meeting today in Paris. The updated MNE guidelines give unions new leverage for workers’ rights in developing as well as developed countries. TUAC, its member unions and ...

Climate change calls for a historic transition to a low-carbon economy. Phasing out fossil fuels in favour of green energy is a major feature of that climate action, and that is estimated to require ten times more electric vehicles & battery storage. This in turn depends on a ...

Trade unions representing millions of workers took part in discussions with the OECD on responsible business conduct on 27-28 March. Union officials from eleven OECD countries and global union federations representing workers in transportation, manufacturing, mining, infrastructure and construction ...

Ahead of the OECD Ministerial meeting on responsible business conduct on 14-15 February, trade unions call on Ministers to empower workers to end poverty pay and unacceptable working conditions. The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) encourages governments to back the updates ...

The latest instalment of the TUAC Series on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises coincides with the OECD initial proposals for targeted updates to its leading standards for responsible business conduct.  Briefing #5 | Employment & Industrial Relations updates to the OECD ...

The Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) published its Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights (“CWC Baseline Expectations”). Developed by trade unions and pension fund board members as part of CWC’s Asset Manager Accountability Initiative, ...

Continuing the TUAC Series on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Briefing #4 | Implementing the Guidelines for Quality Infrastructure Investment (EN | FR | ESP) TUAC partnered with the global union Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) to take stock of worker experiences ...