Mission Statement


OECD Watch groups together NGOs from Europe, the Americas, Australia, Africa and Asia who share a common vision about the need for corporate accountability and sustainable investment. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which can neither impose sanctions nor offer compensation, are at present one of the few mechanisms available for holding companies to account. OECD Watch is committed to testing the Guidelines as part of the wider NGO campaign towards binding regulation of multinationals. Members of OECD Watch are committed to the following goals:

• Monitoring and contributing to the work of the OECD’s Committee on International Investment;
  
• Testing the effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as a corporate accountability tool;
  
• Disseminating information to civil society groups, particularly in developing countries, about the work of the Investment Committee on international investment, corporate governance and the OECD Guidelines; and
  
• Advising NGOs about filing complaints against companies alleged to have breached the OECD Guidelines.