Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs

In November 2014, the OHCHR launched an initiative "to make domestic legal responses fairer and more effective for victims of business-related human rights abuses, particularly in the most severe cases." The initiative, called the Accountability and Remedy Project, will deliver credible and concrete recommendations and guidance to States to enable more effective implementation of the Access to Remedy pillar of […]

Organized by The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) in partnership with the IFPMA "I urge the private sector to take its place at the table and plot a path forward for the next 15 years, reaffirming once again that responsible business is a force for good.” – Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Please join the United States Council for […]

USCIB is hosting a joint meeting of the USCIB Corporate Responsibility and Labor & Employment Policy Committees.  Based on feedback from the Member Satisfaction Survey, USCIB is experimenting with merging the meetings of the two committees to present a more streamlined format and to integrate participation from the committees’ members. Guests and colleagues are invited to attend both days, but […]

The First IOE Annual Global Employers' Summit will take place in Bahrain at the invitation of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) on October 6-7, 2015. This prestigious event will focus on key areas of interest to employers and companies operating in a global context. Registration Forms and the Program will be sent to you in due course. For more information, contact Matthias Thorns (thorns@ioe-emp.org)

USCIB will be hosting its Spring meetings of the USCIB Corporate Responsibility and Labor & Employment Policy Committees

The broad policies of the International Labor Organization are set by the International Labour Conference, which meets once a year in June, in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Global Forum was launched by the OECD in 2013 to strengthen international dialogue on responsible business conduct (RBC) and to enhance the synergies between corporate responsibility instruments on all levels, including the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The Global Forum is the first multi-stakeholder platform for integrating corporate responsibility questions into the global economic agenda. Governments, businesses, trade unions and civil society come together to provide insights and exchange views on how to do well while doing no harm in an effort to contribute to sustainable development and enduring social progress. The fourth Global Forum will meet in June this year.

The HLPF is the central UN platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. The 2016 forum will be the first HLPF after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.