Due diligence is the cornerstone of acting responsibly. The OECD Due Diligence Guidance provides practical advice to companies in this work.
The purpose of the guidance is to provide a clear and concise explanation of how companies can conduct due diligence assessments in line with the OECD Guidelines.
The guidance will also promote a common understanding between authorities and stakeholders of what due diligence assessments for responsible business are.
Ground-breaking agreement
The guidance is developed through a multi-stakeholder initiative including governments, business representatives, labour unions and civil society.
Norwegian stakeholders that contributed with inputs to the guidance include the government, Innovation Norway, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), the Council on Ethics, GIEK (now part of Export Finance Norway), Ethical Trade Norway and the civil society represented by Norwegian Forum for development and environment (Forum), Forum for Women and Development (Fokus) and Amnesty Norway.
The guidance describes due diligence as a method and include explanations, tips and illustrated examples.
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (several languages)
Read more on the OECD’s resource page for Due Diligence for Responsible Business Conduct
NCP Norway has produced a short introduction to the method in Norwegian as well as a simple self-assessment tool for the company’s work on due diligence (Norwegian only).
Sector and thematic guidance
The OECD has also developed its own sector and thematic guidance, which go into depth about due diligence in specific industries and situations.
