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OECD Watch is an international network of civil society organisations promoting corporate accountability. The purpose of OECD Watch is to inform the wider NGO community about policies and activities of the OECD's Investment Committee and to test the effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Calling for Corporate Accountability: A Guide to the 2011 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
New OECD Watch guide to the OECD Guidelines available now in English, French and Spanish.
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New OECD Watch guide to the OECD Guidelines
OECD Watch publishes its new OECD Watch Guide to the Guidelines which is designed to help individuals, communities, NGOs and trade unions that have been negatively affected by corporate behaviour to address the alleged misconduct through filing an OECD Guidelines complaint.
Norwegian NCP publishes final statement in POSCO/ NBIM case
The Norwegian NCP concludes that NBIM violates the OECD Guidelines chiefly on two accounts: First; by refusing to cooperate with the OECD NCP NBIM violates the OECD Guidelines Procedural Guidance. Second; by not having any strategy on how to react if it becomes aware of human rights risks related to companies in which NBIM is invested, apart from child labour violations.
Complaint filed against C&A, KiK and Karl Rieker relating to Bangladesh factory fire
Uwe Kekeritz and other complainants hold three German companies partially responsible for the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh.
Dutch NCP publishes preliminary statement and joint statement in POSCO/ ABP case
The Dutch NCP has published its preliminary statement in the POSCO case. This case sets an important precedent regarding the applicability of the OECD Guidelines to the financial sector. In its preliminary statement the NCP confirms that the OECD Guidelines also apply to minority shareholding of financial institutions.
Alliance Sud claims that 'Swiss NCP lags behind'
Michel Egger critically analyses the Swiss NCP, pointing at several weak points of this NCP in comparison to other NCPs.
Calling for Corporate Accountability
