19 June 2001 - Paris, France

One year after adopting the revised OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the National Contact Points (NCPs) held a Roundtable discussion on the relationship between the Guidelines and other global instruments for corporate responsibility.

The Roundtable was structured as follows:

• Session I. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Other Global Instruments
  
• Session II. How other Actors use Global Instruments for Corporate Responsibility
  
• Session III. Enhancing the Contribution of the Guidelines

Download the Summary Report of the discussions for further information.

Documentation

• Programme
• Summary Report
• Background and Issues Paper
• Opening Address, Seiichi Kondo, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
• UNEP and the Global Compact, Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel (ppt)
• Building Bridges: The Global Reporting Initiative and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Allen L. White
• Statement on the Integration of Human Rights in Corporate Principles, Anne-Christine Habbard
• ING Group and Corporate Responsibility, Pieter Kroon (ppt)
• Governments, stakeholders and how to stimulate companies in creating and protecting sustainable societies, Pieter van der Gaag
• US Business View of Corporate Responsibility, Anna Walker
• International Standards and Instruments, John Brookes
• EIRIS and Ethical Investment: A Global Approach, Stephen Hine
• Freedom of Association and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jim Baker
• UN Global Compact and Other ILO Instruments, Kari Tapiola