Proposing better policies
Companies should exercise greater social responsibility and be accountable for their activities. The MVO Platform believes the government should play a major role in ensuring this. It can both encourage and require companies to be more socially responsible, through policies and through regulation. The government should also intervene to protect victims of corporate abuses, which may arise during the production of goods or extraction of raw materials.
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The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) may “result in a dilution of the OECD Guidelines” and may “compromise the integrity” of the international framework for responsible business conduct, warns the Dutch National Contact…
Today, six Dutch political parties (ChristenUnie, D66, PvdA, GroenLinks, SP, Volt) have formally submitted the Bill on Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct to the Dutch House of Representatives. The bill obliges enterprises to conduct…
Download the English translation of the Bill for Responsible and…
For legislation on responsible business conduct to be effective and…
If legislation for responsible business conduct (RBC) is to be…
The MVO Platform submited a contribution to the public consultation…
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines), the pre-eminent…
You can download the unofficial translation of the Bill for Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct here.
Today, four political parties submitted a bill on Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct in Dutch parliament. The bill proposes a duty of care for all companies in the Netherlands and an obligation to conduct…
The most important international norms for Responsible Business Conduct – the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) – require companies to perform due diligence in order to proactively identify, prevent and reduce risks…