19 June 2020
Trade Union Messages at the OECD Forum on Responsible Business – II
The 2020 OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct took place virtually and in two parts. The first part took place 19 May and covered topics related to responsible business, resilient supply chains, government policies and social dialogue in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. The second part ...
28 May 2020
Trade Union Messages at the OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct
This year, the OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct is being presented virtually and in two parts. The first video forum took place 19 May and covered topics related to responsible business, resilient supply chains, government policies and social dialogue in response to the Covid 19 ...
17 April 2020
First case related to Covid-19 under the MNE Guidelines
UNI Global Union and affiliated unions filed a specific instance with the France National Contact Point of the OECD. UNI Global Union is the umbrella organisation for the service sector representing 20 million workers in 150 countries. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational ...
12 March 2020
TUAC Messages to the OECD on Responsible Business Conduct
Following stakeholder consultations with the OECD Working Party on RBC that took place on 3 March 2020, the TUAC shared the following comments and messages with OECD member states representatives. Implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Evolving digital and environmental ...
17 February 2020
OECD on path to a treaty model clause for responsible business conduct ?/ L’OCDE sur la voie d’une clause type pour une conduite responsable des
EN (FR ci-dessous) On 15 January 2020, the OECD launched a public consultation on “business responsibilities and investment treaties“. The consultation paper describes developments at national and international level in the area of business responsibilities that may influence trade ...
07 January 2020
Trade Unions Demand Changes to Korean National Contact Point
The effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in ensuring proper business responsibility within global supply chains requires functioning National Contact Points (NCPs) established by signing governments. That does not appear to be the case in Korea. Following recent ...
07 November 2019
Investment Week 2019 Recap: A Fearless Inventory of FDI/ Récapitulatif de la semaine de l’investissement 2019 :un inventaire audacieux des IDE
(FR CI-DESSOUS) EN OECD and TUAC took the first steps toward investing in responsible business conduct, yet political will remains a challenge. OECD presented findings contained in its first report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) qualities indicators during 2019 “investment week” which took ...
13 May 2019
TUAC recommendations to OECD work on corporate governance
On 15 April 2019, TUAC took part into the discussions of the OECD Committee on Corporate Governance. TUAC shared the following submission, key policy messages being: During a roundtable on climate-related financial disclosures, TUAC underlined the importance of taking into account exposure ...
26 February 2019
OECD report on Corporate Debt Vulnerabilities exposes the dangers of unconditional monetary support and the need to take action for long-term business models
Signs of the global slowdown continue to accumulate. Manufacturing production is shrinking in several key economies, retail sales are disappointing, world trade is substantially losing steam and some countries are already in technical recession. The joint economic upturn across the globe we saw ...
02 November 2018
TUAC calls for enhancing the corporate governance agenda at the OECD/ Appel du TUAC à l’OCDE pour un agenda renforcé sur la gouvernance
On 16 october 2018, the TUAC held consultations with the OECD Committee on Corporate Governance and took part in a committee roundtable on compay group structures, together with the business counterpart the BIAC. The TUAC shared the following submission, the key policy messages being: Current ...
30 May 2018
Implementing the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
In May 2018, the OECD Council adopted a Council Recommendation to promote and implement the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct. The Recommendation was released at the OECD 2018 MCM. The Guidance explains how companies should conduct diligence to avoid and address ...
22 February 2018
Success for US Hotel Workers at the French NCP – UNITE HERE
At the French NCP’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Jeremy Blasi from UNITE HERE describes how an OECD Guidelines case filed in France helped US hotel workers in Los Angeles to unionise – with support from the French pension funds. My name is Jeremy Blasi. I am a staff attorney with UNITE HERE ...
