OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear
Sector
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear
Sector helps enterprises implement the due diligence recommendations contained in
the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises along the garment and footwear supply
chain in order to avoid and address the potential negative impacts of their activities
and supply chains. It supports the aims of the OECD Guidelines to ensure that the
operations of enterprises in the garment and footwear sector are in harmony with government
policies to strengthen the basis of mutual confidence between enterprises and the
societies in which they operate. This Guidance will also support enterprises to implement
the due diligence recommendations contained in the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights. The Guidance is aligned with the International Labour Organization’s
(ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, relevant ILO Conventions
and Recommendations and the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational
Enterprises and Social Policy. Together with its modules on due diligence for specific
risk areas, this Guidance provides enterprises with a complete package to operate
and source responsibly in the garment and footwear sector. This Guidance was developed
through a multi-stakeholder process with in-depth engagement from OECD and non-OECD
countries, representatives from business, trade unions and civil society and was overseen
by the Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct. It is practically-oriented,
with an emphasis on collaborative constructive approaches to complex challenges. The
Guidance builds on the in-depth reports of the National Contact Points (NCPs) of France
and Italy on the implementation of the OECD Guidelines in the textile and garment
sector and responds to statements made in June 2013 and 2014 by NCPs following the
tragic collapse of Rana Plaza.
Published on March 07, 2018Also available in: German, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Chinese