Investment Newsletter, May 2011

Investment Newsletter No.15 focuses on an ambitious multilateral agenda for responsible business conduct.

Text of the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises

This document reproduces the text of the Declaration which was adopted by the Governments of OECD Member countries on 21 June 1976. It was reviewed in 1979, 1984, 1991, 2000 and 2011.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were adopted on 25 May 2011. This page provides access to the text, implementation procedures, commentaries and related documents.

New OECD guidelines to protect human rights and social development

Ministers from OECD and developing economies will today agree new guidelines to promote more responsible international business conduct by multinational enterprises, and a second set of guidelines to limit the use of conflict minerals.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The 2011 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are far reaching recommendations for responsible business conduct that 42 adhering governments encourage their enterprises to observe wherever they operate.

Related Documents

• Linee Guida OCSE destinate alle Imprese Multinazionali
• OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen
• OECD:s Riktlinjer för multinationella företag
• Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales

Investment: Trade restrictions increasing but global investment remains open, says OECD-UNCTAD-WTO report

Most G20 governments have put in place new restrictive trade measures over the past six months but have on the whole honoured their pledge to keep international investment open in the wake of the crisis.

OECD:s Riktlinjer för multinationella företag

Swedish translation of the 2011 Guidelines by the Swedish National Contact Point.

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UN-NEPAD-OECD Africa policy briefs

This series of policy briefs provide an overview of key economic and development issues affecting Africa today.

ICGLR-OECD-UN Meeting on implementing due diligence recommendations for responsible mineral supply chains

This ICGLR-OECD-UN meeting focused on implementation of the OECD-UN due diligence recommendations for responsible mineral supply chains.

Harnessing Freedom of Investment for Green Growth

Harnessing Freedom of Investment for Green Growth addresses how the international investment policy community can help countries achieve green growth.