Responsible business
The OECD is a leading international standard-setter on responsible business conduct.
Through our engagement with the OECD’s Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct, TUAC has contributed to achieving, and continues to press for, decent work and enforcement of workers’ rights and more effective mechanisms for dealing with issues related to labour and environmental standards.
TUAC’s work on responsible business is led by Andrea Fromm. For more information, please contact fromm@tuac.org
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 ...
Collective bargaining certified for infrastructure projects
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 ...
Unions, business and civil society call for action to strengthen NCPs for responsible business conduct
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 ...
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OECD review of state-owned enterprises needs to aim higher
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 ...
G20/OECD recognise workforce dialogue and consultation as part of effective corporate governance
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 ...
Revised OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises reinforce workers’ rights
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 ...
Fighting for decent work in the global minerals industry
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 ...
