The OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct and the National Contact Points (NCP): An Introduction to the Australian NCP (AusNCP) – Useful Links

Text of Guidelines and related OECD documents

• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/mneguidelines/
  • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm
  • OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct and also separate guidances for specific sectors (garment & footwear, extractives, mineral supply chains, agriculture, investors, lenders)
• https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0486
  • Recommendation on responsible business conduct
• https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/g20-oecd-principles-of-corporate-governance-2015_9789264236882-en
  • Principles of Corporate Governance
• https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-guidelines-on-corporate-governance-of-state-owned-enterprises-2015_9789264244160-en
  • Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

General Resources

• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/ncps/
  • Contact Details of the National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
• https://ausncp.gov.au/
  • Australian National contact Point website. How Australia implements OECD guidelines
• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/ncps/how-do-ncps-handle-cases.htm
  • OECD’s explanation ‘How do NCPs handle cases?’
• https://www.oecdwatch.org/
  • OECD Watch – NGO working to hold corporations and governments to account using the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
• https://www.oecdwatch.org/oecd-ncps/the-oecd-guidelines-for-mnes/what-is-in-the-oecd-guidelines/
  • Break down of what is in the guidelines
• Updated OECD Guidelines give civil society more grounds to demand corporate accountability - OECD Watch
  • OECD Updates for Corporate Accountability
• https://ktncwatch.org/
  • KNTC Watch - made up of human rights, labor, environmental, and public interest law organisations that work together to deal with the various human rights and environmental issues caused by Korean multinational corporations.
• http://www.ncp.or.kr/main/main.do
  • Korean National Contact Point website (has an English version)
• https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/un-declaration-rights-indigenous-people
  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
• https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issues/governing-business-human-rights/un-guiding-principles/
  • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

AusNCP

• https://ausncp.gov.au/
  • Australian National contact Point website. How Australia implements OECD guidelines
• https://ausncp.gov.au/complaints/independent-examiners
  • List and bios of Independent Examiners
• https://ausncp.gov.au/responsible-business-conduct/governance-and-advisory-board
  • AusNCP Governance and Advisory Board

Complaint Mechanism

• https://www.oecdwatch.org/how-to-file-a-complaint/
  • OECD guidance on how to write an effective and strategic complaint
• https://www.oecdwatch.org/how-to-file-a-complaint/stage-one-deciding-whether-to-file/
  • Info on deciding how to file a complaint; would the guidelines apply to the company (company location, which guideline standard breached, are they causing/contributing to/directly linked to harm)
• https://ausncp.gov.au/complaints/complaints-process
  • Procedures for how the AusNCP manages complaints
• https://ausncp.gov.au/complaints/submit-complaint
  • Submission page for filing a complaint about the OECD Guidelines with the AusNCP
• https://www.oecdwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/OECD-Watch-NCP-complaint-template.docx
  • Complaint template for NCP complaints generally
• https://ausncp.gov.au/complaints/track-complaints
  • Website to track complaints received by the AusNCP

Databases of NCP cases and statements

• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/database/
  • OECD’s database of all NCP cases and statements
  • Links to documents can be old and fail
• https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/
  • Database of complaints to all NCPs (involving civil society organisations)
  • Can filter to view specific countries or impacted group (i.e. children, human rights defenders or Indigenous Peoples)
  • Useful because usually has PDFs of the complaints and NCP statements which can be downloaded directly from this site
• https://www.oecdcaselaw.com/statements
  • Database (still being completed) of NCP cases by German university

Case Studies

• https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/case-studies-on-environmental-due-diligence-addressing-deforestation-and-climate-change.pdf
  • Japanese companies and environmental due diligence
• https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Business/ForumSession6/62_CaseStudyLessonsfromNCPCase.pdf
• https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75717-4?sap-outbound-id=C0FF6240C88FC3A6BFB8434165C23702D593E89D
  • New online book ‘Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law’
• https://ausncp.gov.au/complaints/complaint-29
  • AusNCP relevant decision on UNDRIP