A strong government encourages companies to take responsibility for their social, environmental and economic impact – and holds companies to account when violations occur.
On the 30th of May the MVO Platform hosted the event: ‘Due diligence-legislation in the Netherlands: a new era for responsible and sustainable business conduct’ at the Humanity Hub in the Hague. During the event,…
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) may “result in a dilution of the OECD Guidelines” and may “compromise the integrity” of the international framework for responsible business conduct, warns the Dutch National Contact…
The OECD is in a process of updating the OECD…
Today, six Dutch political parties (ChristenUnie, D66, PvdA, GroenLinks, SP, Volt) have formally submitted the Bill on Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct to the Dutch House of Representatives. The bill obliges enterprises to conduct…
Download the English translation of the Bill for Responsible and…
The Dutch government is preparing a legislative proposal on due diligence for responsible business conduct, as per the coalition agreement that was finalised in December 2021. Although the government has repeatedly stated its preference for…
For legislation on responsible business conduct to be effective and…
If legislation for responsible business conduct (RBC) is to be…
The MVO Platform submited a contribution to the public consultation…
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines), the pre-eminent…