The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2000 Revision)

The new text of the Guidelines contains far-reaching changes that reinforce the economic, social and environmental elements of the sustainable development agenda. The Guidelines are recommendations on responsible business conduct addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operating in or from the 33 adhering countries. The OECD Guidelines are the only multilaterally endorsed and comprehensive code that governments are committed to promoting. The Guidelines express the shared values of the governments of countries that are the source of most of the world's direct investment flows and home to most multinational enterprises. Download file

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. A Key Corporate Responsibility Instrument (June 2003) NEW!!!

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises contain voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct in such areas as human rights, disclosure of information, anti-corruption, taxation, labour relations, environment, and consumer protection. They aim to promote the positive contributions multinational enterprises can make to economic, environmental and social progress. Download file


The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Annual Report 2002. Focus on Responsible Supply Chain Management

This report on the Guidelines describes what governments have done to live up to this commitment over the period June 2001-June 2002. It also provides an overview of the challenges of responsible supply chain management based on contributions from the business, trade union and NGO communities. Download file

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Annual Report 2001. Special Focus: Global Instruments for Corporate Responsibility

This book provides an account of what governments have been doing to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy. It also provides a comparative analysis and comments by the business, labour and NGO communities on the complementarities and differences between the Guidelines and other global instruments for corporate responsibility (eg. UN Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative). Download file

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Other Corporate Responsibility Instruments: A Comparison (2001)

This paper examines the similarities and differences between the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and six other global instruments for corporate responsibility. Download file