OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update Summer 2009

NGOs have filed three new complaints against companies for the breach of the OECD Guidelines. CIPCE has just filed a new case against Skanska for its involvement in a gas pipeline project in Argentina. In May ForUM and Friends of the Earth Norway have filed a complaint against Cermaq ASA for unsustainable production, bad employment conditions and human rights violations in Canada and Chile. Survival International has already filed a complaint against Vedanta Resources for prospective environmental and human rights violations from the construction of a bauxite mine in India. Final statements are expected in the cases against Shell in the Philippines and Cerrejón Coal in Colombia.

OECD Watch webinars: NCP Evaluations

Français – ci-dessous / Español – abajo Do you want to understand how OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) are performing? On Tuesday 25 March, OECD Watch will hold webinars to explain its latest evaluation of…

Publication / 27th February 2025

National Contact Point Evaluations 2024

Analysing NCP performance from the perspective of civil society

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News / 11th December 2024

It’s time to hold export credit agencies accountable

Export credit agencies play a significant role in global trade – but their involvement in human rights and the environmental harm has often gone unchecked. The OECD is offering new footholds for accountability. Here’s what’s…

News / 31st October 2024

OECD Watch and its members providing guidance to the OECD’s just transition framework

In January 2024, the OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Unit launched a multistakeholder project to develop a framework to guide businesses in supporting a Just Transition. To guide this process, the OECD has set up a…