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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

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09 December 2021

TUAC Briefings Series on Implementing the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

In support of efforts to improve implementation of the OECD standards for responsible business conduct, the TUAC launched a  series of briefings that addresses what can be done to improve the OECD Guidelines and build more respect for the NCP’s authority.  With financial support from  ...

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27 September 2021

TUAC Working Group on MNEs addresses OECD work on RBC, foreign investment and corporate governance

Between 22 and 24 September 2021, the TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises convened virtually to discuss priority initiatives on trade, investment and responsible business conduct, including the future of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and related steps for improving ...

22 September 2021

OECD MNE Guidelines: Turkish Operated Infrastructure in Somalia Under Scrutiny

The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)  filed a specific instance with the Turkish National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD. The Somali union alleges industrial relations and employment impacts (Chapter V of the Guidelines) and a failure by a Turkish multinational enterprise to follow ...

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23 June 2021

Trade Union Messages at the 2021 OECD Forum on Responsible Business

The 2021 OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct launched a public consultation on the stocktaking of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.  The OECD consultation focusses on achievements, challenges and opportunities for improved implementation of the OECD Guidelines for real ...

07 May 2021

OECD Confirms support for Trade Unions in Meaningful Due Diligence

The TUAC welcomes the clarification by the Investment Committee of the OECD in response to the TUAC request to clarify the interpretation of the OECD Guidelines by the UK NCP.  The OECD Investment Committee clarification confirms that meaningful grievance mechanisms and due diligence systems can ...