30 June to 1 July 2010 - OECD Conference Centre, Paris

 

In April 2010, governments adhering to the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises agreed on the Terms of Reference for an Update to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The update aims to ensure their continued role as a leading international instrument for the promotion of responsible business conduct. They also agreed that work on the update would start on the occasion of the 2010 Roundtable.

This Roundtable brought together representatives from governments, business, labour, NGOs, international organisations, non-adhering governments and academia to focus on ways of clarifying or providing further guidance on the application of the Guidelines in 3 areas as outlined in the Terms of Reference for an Update to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises:

• supply chains
• human rights
• environment and climate change

 

Meeting documents

Preliminary programme | français

Transition to a low-carbon economy - public goals and corporate practices, OECD

The corporate responsibility to respect human rights in the supply chain, Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General  

Discussion Paper on Updating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General  

Supply Chains and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

 

Presentations

Session 1 – Supply Chains

Corporate tools and practices for managing supply chain risks: a perspective from China -  Scott Chang, BSR China

Levi Strauss & Co: Social and environmental sustainability in the supply chain -  Manuel Baigorri

Supply chain social and environmental responsibility at Hewlett-Packard - Karl Daumueller

The Global Social Compliance Programme – Véronique Buhot

Possible implications for the update of the Guidelines - Cody Sisco, BSR

Session 2 – Human Rights

Keynote remarks by, John Morrison, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Keynote remarks by Matthew Smith, EarthRights International, Thailand

Business and Human Rights - Clifford Henry, USCIB

Anglo American and Human Rights - Hugh Elliott

 

Session 3 – Climate Change

Transition to a low-carbon economy: public goals and corporate practices - Céline Kauffmann and Cristine Tébar Less, OECD

Corporate disclosure of climate change related information – Paul Simpson, Carbon Disclosure Project

Emerging business practices to reduce GHG emissions – Jerome Lavigne-Delville, UN Global Compact

Engaging with suppliers - Sustainable value chains and consumption, GHG Protocol – Philip Reuchlin. WBCSD

Setting environmental goals for supply chains - Cody Sisco, BSR

 

Reference documents and links

• Update of the Guidelines
  
  
• Terms of Reference for an Update to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (PDF)
   
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
   
• OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational in Weak Governance Zones
   
• OECD project on Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Supply Chain Management of Conflict Minerals
   
• Investment and climate change 
   
• OECD annual reports on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  - Responsible supply chain management
  - Encouraging the contribution of business to the environment
  - 2005 - Corporate responsibility in the developing world 
   
• Report of the UNSRSG “Business and Human Rights: Further steps towards the operationalization of the “protect, respect and remedy” framework”, A/HRC/14/27 (9 April 2010)
   
• Report of the UNSRSG “Clarifying the Concepts of ‘Sphere of Influence’ and ‘Complicity’” A/HRC/8/16 (15 May 2008) 
   
• Report by the UNSRSG “Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights’, A/HR/8/5 (7 April 2008)