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Trade unions welcome Indonesia’s development of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation as an important step forward for workers’ rights, while insisting on genuine union participation in shaping and implementing the new framework. On 2 February, President Prabowo ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. To celebrate this milestone, TUAC is launching a series of webinars and articles exploring the Guidelines’ origins, evolution and future. The first webinar will feature ...

The OECD has today published its Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, a piece of work that TUAC supported from the outset but which ultimately fails to deliver on its potential. AI development and deployment presents a wide range of risks for workers, raising new issues for ...

TUAC welcomes new evidence from the OECD confirming that strong trade unions and extensive collective bargaining coverage are linked to lower levels of illicit trade in counterfeit goods. The new report, “From Fakes to Forced Labour”, reinforces trade unions’ long-standing ...

The OECD 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report published yesterday sheds light on important trends as well as significant gaps in corporate practices related to sustainability and compliance with environmental and social standards. TUAC challenged companies and policymakers to strengthen corporate ...

Trade unions welcome the French National Contact Point’s (NCP) critical assessment of Shein’s business practices, demonstrating how the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises can serve as a powerful tool for initiating dialogue and supporting holding corporations to account. The ...

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) hosted the first webinar of its 2025 series, “Decent Work in the Critical Minerals Supply Chain” on 7 May, bringing together trade union representatives, OECD officials, and the Canadian G7 presidency to address urgent labour ...

On 17 March, TUAC held a meeting of the Working Group on Multinational Enterprises, including discussions on the role of National Contact Points and the interplay between the OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct and binding due diligence legislations such as the EU Due Diligence ...

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 ...