OECD Watch submission on the second draft of the Targeted Updates

This submission comments on the second round of Targeted Updates to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. It urges that states strengthen responsible business conduct standards regarding human rights defenders, land rights, corporate tax practices, the environment and climate change, and the digital economy, among other issues – as well as the guiding procedures for National Contact Points.

What’s new?: ‘Targeted update’ strengthens OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

On 8 June 2023, the OECD released a “targeted update” of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Negotiations on the newly renamed “OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct” inevitably involved trade-offs and…

Publication / 8th June 2023

Updated OECD Guidelines give civil society more grounds to demand corporate accountability

OECD Watch statement on the "targeted update" of the OECD Guidelines

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News / 8th June 2023

OECD Guidelines updated: Civil society given more grounds to demand corporate accountability

Today, 8 June 2023, the OECD released a “targeted update” of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Negotiations on the newly renamed “OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct” inevitably involved trade-offs and…

News / 12th June 2023

2023 update of the OECD Guidelines: OECD Watch’s role in the 2020-2023 update process

On 8 June 2023, the OECD concluded a two-and-a-half year process to update the newly renamed ‘OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct’. OECD Watch had long advocated for an update and engaged…

News / 30th November 2023

Guardians of Rights? The Role of Government in Promoting Responsible Business Conduct under the Updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

By Otgontuya Davaanyam and Markus Krajewski Blog symposium co-organised by OECD Watch and NOVA School of Law According to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), States have a responsibility to…

News / 28th November 2023

Verbeterde Overeenstemming nodig tussen de geactualiseerde OESO-richtlijnen en wetgevingsinitiatieven in Nederland en de EU

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Publication / 9th November 2023

Strengthening alignment between the updated OECD Guidelines and legislative initiatives in the Netherlands and the EU

Why and how to align the draft EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Responsible and Sustainable Business Conduct Dutch bill with the OECD Guidelines

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