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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

30 May 2018

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 ...

22 February 2018

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 ...

20 December 2017

TUAC AND PSI INTERVENTION AT OECD’S HEALTH COMMITTEE ON “SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MEDECINE”

The OECD’s Health Committee is currently analyzing the challenges member states are facing in ensuring sustainable access to new and innovative treatments  to all those in need. On the occasion of the 22nd meeting of the Health Committee on the 11th of December, TUAC and PSI urged the OECD ...

14 December 2017

TUAC Liaison Committee with the OECD tackles the Future of Work, the Future of the Firm

The Liaison Committee Meeting (LCM) is an opportunity for the TUAC to exchange views with the OECD Council and the Secretariat on key policy issues and OECD initiatives. At the LCM 2017, the discussion centers on today’s and tomorrow’s employment challenges – the Future of Work – and the ...