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News / 17th November 2020

New government policy for responsible business conduct: legislation announced but a lack of real action

The MVO Platform is pleased that the Dutch government has expressed support for the introduction of comprehensive legislation for responsible and sustainable business conduct (RBC). It is extremely positive that the government views this legislation…

News / 25th June 2019

MVO Platform position paper on certification and due diligence

The most important international norms for Responsible Business Conduct – the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) – require companies to perform due diligence in order to proactively identify, prevent and reduce risks…

Frequently Asked Questions about the new Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Law
News / 3rd June 2019

Update: Frequently Asked Questions about the new Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Law

Updated: 3 June 2019 On the 14th of May 2019, the Dutch Senate voted to adopt the “Child Labour Due Diligence Law” (“Wet Zorgplicht Kinderarbeid”), which requires companies to determine whether child labour occurs in…

News / 14th May 2019

The Netherlands takes an historic step by adopting child labour due diligence law

Amsterdam, 14 May 2019 Today the Dutch Senate voted to adopt the Child Labour Due Diligence Bill. In doing so, the Netherlands demonstrates that it is serious about combating child labour in global supply chains….

News / 12th June 2018

Dutch government puts trade objectives above responsible business conduct policies

While the new Dutch Trade and Development policy sets strong trade objectives, it shows little ambition regarding responsible business conduct. Although the Dutch like to see themselves as frontrunners on the issue of responsible business…

Video / 1st June 2018

Putting Human Rights Due Diligence into Law

New case! Communities in #Nigeria file @OECD Guidelines complaint against @Shell 4 causing adverse impacts to… https://t.co/zmk68UEzuG

Congratulations! Despite many cases of impunity this shows that companies can be held accountable. The next step sh… https://t.co/oagAjySXIr

News / 14th August 2017

More Room for Sustainability Initiatives?

The article “More Room for Sustainability Initiatives?” by Dario Chiari frames the bill in its political and legal context, it summarises the conflict between competition law and sustainability initiatives in the Netherlands and explains how the bill intends to solve the conflict and its functioning. Lastly, it highlights some shortcomings and possible improvements.

Background

In 2015 a broad coalition, including business associations and NGOs called on the Dutch government to remove the barriers that competition law can create for collaborative sustainability and CSR initiatives.

Since then the Minister of Economic Affairs considered several solutions and came up in 2017 with a quite innovative legislative proposal; the ‘Bill room for sustainability initiatives’. This bill has recently been submitted to public consultation. Further decision-making on the bill will continue once the Netherland has a new government.

After long consultations and negotiations 48 governments of OECD Working Party on Responsible Biz adopted Due Dilig… https://t.co/pGRwpbgX48

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