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
Unions call on OECD Governments to strengthen OECD rules for multinationals
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 ...
Unions call on Ministers to support OECD responsible business standards
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 ...
Download (2.29 MB)OECD Considering Updates to the MNE Guidelines
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 ...
Trade Unions Set Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights
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, ...
