1st Meeting of the Taskforce of Middle East and North African Stock Exchanges for Corporate Governance

This meeting provided a first opportunity to discuss the role of stock exchanges in introducing and monitoring compliance with corporate governance standards in the Middle East and North Africa region.

11th OECD Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility - Update of the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The 2011 Roundtable provided the first occasion to discuss the implementation of the updated Guidelines and how best to support the OECD's proactive agenda for assisting enterprises to better cope with corporate responsibility challenges worldwide.

Achieving Effective Boards: Corporate governance frameworks and board practices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru

This study surveys the corporate governance landscape and sets out recommendations from across 8 key issues relevant to board effectiveness: board duties; handling of conflicts of interest; selection and structure criteria; criteria for independence; board committees; Chairman/CEO separation; board risk management; and board evaluation.

Investment Newsletter, May 2011

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

Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales

Le texte, les procédures de mise en oeuvre et les commentaires de la mise à jour des Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales qui a été adopté le 25 mai 2011.

Nouveaux Principes directeurs de l’OCDE destinés à protéger les droits de l’homme et le développement social

Les ministres des économies de l’OCDE et des économies en développement entérineront aujourd’hui de nouveaux Principes directeurs destinés à limiter l’utilisation des « minerais des conflits », ainsi qu’une seconde série de Principes directeurs destinés à promouvoir un comportement plus responsable de la part des entreprises multinationales dans les transactions internationales.

OECD:s Riktlinjer för multinationella företag

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

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Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in Asia

Established in 2005, the OECD-Asia Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises aims to raise awareness and promote the use in Asian economies of the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises.

6th Meeting of the OECD Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Asia

This meeting focused on recent progress in SOE reform, good practices in organising SOE boards of directors and sectoral examples of SOE governance in the financial and power sectors.

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.