A strong government encourages companies to take responsibility for their social, environmental and economic impact – and holds companies to account when violations occur.
Ahead of the scheduled vote on the Omnibus I package during the European Parliament Plenary session on 13 November 2025, the MVO Platform, together with European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and 140 other EU…
Today, the MVO Platform, as well as 157 other civil society organisations, says no to the Omnibus package. A broad range of stakeholders who have worked for decades in the protection of human rights and…
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…