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
TUAC calls for enhancing the corporate governance agenda at the OECD/ Appel du TUAC à l’OCDE pour un agenda renforcé sur la gouvernance
On 16 october 2018, the TUAC held consultations with the OECD Committee on Corporate Governance and took part in a committee roundtable on compay group structures, together with the business counterpart the BIAC. The TUAC shared the following submission, the key policy messages being: Current ...
Implementing the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
In May 2018, the OECD Council adopted a Council Recommendation to promote and implement the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct. The Recommendation was released at the OECD 2018 MCM. The Guidance explains how companies should conduct diligence to avoid and address ...
Success for US Hotel Workers at the French NCP – UNITE HERE
At the French NCP’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Jeremy Blasi from UNITE HERE describes how an OECD Guidelines case filed in France helped US hotel workers in Los Angeles to unionise – with support from the French pension funds. My name is Jeremy Blasi. I am a staff attorney with UNITE HERE ...