Responsible business conduct - MNE Guidelines
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct are recognised as a leading international standard for how companies and investors should address their impacts on people, the planet and society. They apply to businesses and investors of all sectors, sizes and ownership structures, and cover all key sustainability issues – from climate change to technology, from anti-corruption to human rights and labour standards.
Governments that sign up to these Guidelines must set up a National Contact Point (NCP) to promote responsible business conduct and handle complaints relating to the conduct of specific companies operating in or from their countries.
TUAC works closely with the OECD, NCPs and national unions to improve and better implement the Guidelines, ensure effective NCP bodies and processes, and encourage unions to engage with both to achieve decent work. TUAC helps unions to prepare and submit issues about company conduct that does not meet OECD standards, and to work with the NCPs to pursue these issues and agree a satisfactory solution.
TUAC calls for concrete fixes after French NCP finds Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines
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 ...
Labour unions call for stronger protections in critical minerals sector at TUAC webinar
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 ...
RBC for a Just Transition: TUAC working group tackles MNE climate accountability
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 ...
OECD responds to TUAC’s demand for greater accountability of Export Credit Agencies
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 ...
