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.

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

RBCLAC Fund for the Promotion of Responsible Business Conduct

This Fund provides funding opportunities to initiatives that contribute to the promotion and implementation of responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean.

SECOND CALL:

Proposals can be submitted until midnight 22 December 2020 (Brussels time zone). 
To register and submit your proposal, please visit the RBCLAC Fund’s website.

• Launch of the Spanish translations of the OECD Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct for Institutional Investors and OECD Due Diligence for Responsible Corporate Lending and Securities Underwriting, 26 November. This event will be delivered in collaboration with the UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Registration (English| Español)
• Workshop on Due Diligence with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Panama, 17 November
• 9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 16-18 November. A session called "Regional trends and dialogue: Latin America and the Caribbean" is organised on 18 November by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, in collaboration with the European Union, OECD and ILO in the context of the RBCLAC project. Concept note of the session.

Consult previous events

• 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)
• OECD, ILO and United Nations instruments provide aligned and complementary guidance on responsible business (Español | English)
• 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)

• OIT: Diálogo social ayudará a economías a salir de la crisis laboral, Andina, 21 November 2020
• Ecuador comienza la elaboración de plan de acción sobre empresas y derechos humanos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Urbana de Ecuador, 15 October 2020 
• Joint statement on the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean on supporting responsible businesses. (ESP), (PORT)
• OECD Mission reviews responsible business conduct (RBC) policies in Peru, Proinversion, 1 October 2019

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

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

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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).

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