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OECD Watch newsletter archive

1 April 2008: OECD Watch's April 2008 Newsletter is now available! This newsletter includes:
• Gurría’s  OECD – A  Hub or Club?
• The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
• Responsible Business Conduct in China
• OECD Guidelines do apply to Banks and Financial Institutions 
• Iraq Oil-for-Food Complaint rejected: German NCP misses Opportunity for Reinforcing Anti-Bribery Message
• Conference on the OECD Guidelines and EITI in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
• OECD Watch and Eurosif discuss OECD Guidelines’ Usefulness for Socially Responsible Investors
• Indian Government withholds clearance for OECD Watch inter-regional seminar
• OECD Watch organises multi-stakeholder debate on improving the OECD Guidelines
• New OECD Watch members
The Newsletter is available in English, French or Spanish.

1 April 2008: The Spring 2008 Quarterly Case Update is available. This edition includes the following new OECD Guidelines cases filed by NGOs:
• GRESEA and Transparency International Germany file third case against Ratiopharm (NCP Belgium)
• Parliamentarian and lawyer file case against Accor Service in Argentina (NCP Argentina)
• Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand files second case against ANZ Bank; NZ NCP rejects
• Korean and Philippine unions and NGOs file case against Korean textile companies' for labour abuses in the Philippines (NCP Korea)
• Colombian lawyers file case against BHP Billiton for coal mine operations in Colombia (NCP Australia)
Plus updates on other pending and recently concluded cases.


Publications 2007

  • 12 November 2007: OECD Watch publishes Fact Sheet 4 for Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) agencies. This is the last in a series of four fact sheets aimed at helping SRI agencies understand and use the OECD Guidelines. Fact Sheet 4 explains the content and relevance of the OECD Guidelines provision on supply chains to the assessment of corporate practices. Key questions are presented to assist SRI rating agencies and analysts in evaluating companies’ behaviour in relation to the supply chain provision recommendation. For the other Fact Sheets in this series, please see SRI Fact Sheet 1 (introduction to how the SRI community can use the OECD Guidelines) and SRI Fact Sheet 2 (outlines the relevant content of the Guidelines' 10 chapters).

  • 3 October 2007: OECD Watch launches Model NCP. Based on seven years of NGO experience with cases handled by National Contact Points and multi-stakeholder consultations during four roundtables this year, OECD Watch has developed a Model NCP with recommendations to improve the functioning of NCPs.


  • 15 June 2007: Read the Conference Report from OECD Watch multi-stakeholder conference on the OECD Guidelines. The roundtable, entitiled “A Model for Change: Upward Harmonisation of OECD Guidelines Procedures”, took place on June 15th, 2007, in Brussels, Belgium. The Roundtable aims to discuss best practices in the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and to promote the exchange of experiences between stakeholders in EU Member States on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.


  • April, 2007: OECD Watch Newsletter
            The Newsletter is available in English, Spanish and French

  • Spring, 2007: OECD Watch's Quarterly Case Update Spring 2007    
            The Update is available in English and Spanish

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Publications 2006
  • August, 2006: OECD Watch publishes briefing paper on the Promotion of OECD Guidelines and the role of NCPs in handling Specific Instances. Read the paper here.

  • June, 2006 -- OECD Watch Guide to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises' Complaint Procedure: Lessons from Past NGO Complaints
    Edited by Colleen Freeman, Cornelia Heydenreich and Serena Lillywhite
    The Guide is available in English , French, Spanish and Portuguese.

  • June, 2006 -- OECD Watch Newsletter
    The Newsletter in available in English, Spanish and French

  • March, 2006 -- OECD Watch Newsletter
    The OECD Watch Newsletter that is published three times a year is available in English, Spanish and French

  • January, 2006 -- Colleen Freeman
    OECD Watch briefing paper "The Confidentiality Principle, Transparency and the Specific Instance Procedure "

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Publications 2005

  • November, 2005 -- Joris Oldienziel and Myriam Vander Stichele
    SOMO discussion paper "Trade and the need to apply international Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards "

  • September 22, 2005 -- Review of the OECD Guidelines
    OECD Watch calls for tighter regulation of multinational corporations in its report: 
    Five Years On: A Review of the OECD Guidelines and National Contact Points.

  • May 2, 2005 -- Article by Paul Hohnen in the Features section of Ethical Corporation
    "Government and CSR: Three simple steps to improvement"

  • March 23, 2005 -- OECD Watch newsleter
    Now available: the first OECD Watch newsletter of 2005. This newsletter will be published three times a year in         English, and translated into Spanish and French.

  • March 2005 -- OECD Watch
    The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Supply Chain Responsibility
     OW Supply Chain Discussion paper

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Publications 2004

  • December 2004 -- Public Report OECD Watch
    International OECD Watch Training and Strategy Seminar on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

  • October 2004 -- OECD Watch Newsletter
    OECD Watch Newsletter available in Spanish, English and French
                                                 
  • August 2004 -- OECD Watch Review of NCPs
    OECD Watch Review of NCPs 2004 & update of cases, available in Spanish, English and French


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Publications 2003     
                           
  • June 2003 -- OECD Watch Review of NCPs        
    OECD Watch Review of NCPs 2003

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Publications from OECD Watch Members
             
  • March, 2006 -- Álvaro de Regil Castilla
    The Jus Semper Global Alliance essay "Living Wages: The GRI's Missing Link" 
               
  • November 2004 -- Pieter van der Gaag
    OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Corporate Accountabillity in a liberalised economy?

  • June 2004 -- RAID
    Unanswered questions  - Companies, Conflict and the Democratic Republic of Congo
                 
  • February 2004 -- Brotherhood of St. Laurence
    Draft OECD Principles of Corporate Governance - Submission to the Steering  Committee
                               
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Toolkits

  • June, 2006 -- Colleen Freeman, Cornelia Heydenreich, Serena Lillywhite,
    OECD Watch training manual: Guide to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises’ Complaint Procedure Lessons from Past NGO Complaints
  • A critical starterkit for NGOs - Friends of the Earth Netherlands

    To what extent can the OECD Guidelines for multinationals be useful for NGOs combating corporate misbehaviour?         What can you do when a company is polluting the environment, not respecting human rights, or otherwise neglecting         the rules spelled out in the OECD Guidelines?

    Available in English, French, German and Spanish

  • A Guide to the Guidelines – Friends of the Earth United States

    This guide clarifies opportunities and obstacles in the Guidelines, provides practical guidance, summarizes a number of     complaints that have been submitted and describes hypothetical examples of activities that could be considered         violations. It is primarily intended to help individuals, communities and NGOs to better understand the Guidelines in         order to promote meaningful and robust implementation by governments and, most importantly, adherence by         multinational enterprises.

    Available in English, Portuguese and Russian

  • User's Guide on OECD Guidelines for Multinational  Enterprises
    
    The TUAC Users' Guide to help trade unionists make use of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational  has been         translated into 21 languages including: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Estonian,         Latvian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Romanian,  Georgian, Korean, Japanese and Thai by TUAC affiliates and partners.
                               
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  • 2004 -- John Evans, TUAC
    Employment Regulation in a Global Economy, Paper

  • October 2004 -- Halina Ward, IIED
    The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Non-Adhering Countries -
    Opportunities and Challenges of Engagement

  • June 2004 -- GRI
    Synergies between the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the GRI 2002 Sustainability Reporting         Guidelines - a Guide to Help Organisations Communicate Their Use of the OECD Guidleines for Multinational         Enterprises

  • June 2004 -- Bryane Michael, Linacre College
    Improving the OECD's Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan

  • November 2003 -- Rory Sullivan & Craig Mackenzie, Insight Investment
    OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterpises: A Common Agenda for Corporate Accountability?


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Updated AD 10 November 2006