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
Download (652.40 KB)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 ...
TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises addresses the OECD responsible business conduct agenda/ le groupe de travail du TUAC sur les entreprises
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) Between 22 and 26 March 2021, the TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises convened virtually over three days to discuss priority initiatives on trade, investment and responsible business conduct, including the future of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, ...
Turkish Metal Workers Register Labour Relations Concerns at Systemair AB
The Turkish Metal Workers Union, BİRLESİK METAL-İŞ filed a specific instance with the Sweden National Contact Point of the OECD. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the latest NCP complaint to address industrial relations issues arising out of the ...
Malaysian Bank Union Registers Labour Relations Concerns about HSBC
The National Union of Banking Employees (NUBE) filed a specific instance with the UK National Contact Point of the OECD. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the second NCP complaint to address issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The union alleges ...
20 Years of the National Contact Points
The TUAC welcomes the launch of the report as part of the OECD commemorating its the 60th Anniversary, “National Contact Points Providing Access to Remedy: 20 years later and the road ahead.” Trade unions acknowledge the potential value in the NCP and take this opportunity to reflect on ...
Urgent call for a public registry of company ownership (ENG & FR)
(Version française ci-dessous) The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) joins the ITUC and more than 20 global organisations calling for an urgent commitment to create a global standard for centralised, public beneficial ownership registers. The Joint Appeal is submitted to the ...
