Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean project, implemented together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), aims to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the region by supporting responsible business conduct practices in line with international instruments. It is the first time these three organisations join forces with the support of the European Union to promote responsible business conduct within the framework of a joint regional project.

The four year project (2019-2022) is carried out in partnership with Chile and Mexico, both OECD members, as well  as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru, which have all adhered to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and have set up a National Contact Point for RBC, and two partner economies, namely Ecuador and Panama.

	Argentina		Brazil		Chile		Colombia		Costa Rica
	Ecuador		Mexico		Panama		Peru

Find out how the RBCLAC programme supports governments, businesses and stakeholders in their efforts to promote and uphold RBC:

RBC Country fact sheets	LAC National Contact Points for RBC	OECD RBC policy reviews

Strengthening responsible supply chains Under the second pillar of the project, the OECD supports businesses in LAC to strengthen their knowledge and capacity to carry out due diligence for responsible business conduct in accordance with OECD guidance. These activities focus on supply chains in the following priority sectors agriculture, minerals/extractives, financial, and garment/footwear sectors.   Thanks to the project, the following OECD guidance have been translated:  OECD Due Diligence Guidance on RBC Español | Português Due Diligence for Responsible Corporate Lending and Securities Underwriting Español Responsible Business Conduct for Institutional Investors Español  OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector Español   See more about OECD's work in due diligence and other guidance available in Spanish

Applications are now open to the regional capacity building programmes on due diligence for Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) in key sectors.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the OECD’s Capacity building programmes on RBC due diligence in key sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean, which are open to all business and business associations interested in learning about RBC and risk-based due diligence, at no cost. For more information and to apply, please visit the capacity building programme website: ENG |  SP |  PT

Froukje Boele | Project Manager Froukje.BOELE@oecd.org

Germán Zarama | Regional Focal Point German.ZARAMA@oecd.org

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• OECD Business Survey 2021
• Watch the programme overview video (Español | Português | English) 
• Find out more about RBC in video (Español | Português | English)
• Facts & figures: RBC challenges in LAC (Español)
• Project factsheet (English | Español | Português)
• Project brochure (English | Español | Português)
• Joint project presentation (Español | Português)
• OECD scope and activities (English | Español)
• RBC key messages from International Organisations (English | Español | Português)
• OECD Business Survey 2020 obtained first-hand information on the RBC practices and challenges of business operating in or from the LAC region, including challenges arising from the COVID-19 crisis. 

• Launch of the OECD Responsible Business Conduct Policy Review of Mexico, 23 September 2021
• Launch of the 1st regional academic essay contest on RBC, Proposals are welcome until 1 July, 2021
• With the participation of the OECD, Global Compact Chile presented a Human Rights Risks Assessment tool, 27 April 2021
• The OECD began a round of consultations within Ecuador’s RBC Policy Review, 16 April, 2021
• Results of the 2nd Call for proposals of the RBC-LAC Fund, 9 April 2021

Read previous news

• Launch of the virtual fact-finding mission within Costa Rica’s RBC Policy Review, 17 May
• Workshop on Due Diligence standards for CSOs of Costa Rica and Argentina, 19 May
• CEADS Annual Meeting on Business and Human Rights: Discussion with the RBC-LAC Project, 20 May 

Consult previous events

This project is implemented in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the European Union (EU).

With funding from the European Union