Annual report on the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises 2012 : mediation and consensus building / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword; Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Annual Report presented by the Chair at the June 2012 meeting of NCPs; 1.1. Innovations in NCP structures and procedures; Overview; Figure 1.1. NCP structure; Newly established NCPs; Box 1.1. The National Contact Point of Colombia; Innovations in NCP structures and procedures; The role of advisory and oversight bodies; Figure 1.2. Focus on advisory and oversight bodies; Human resources and budget; Figure 1.3. Potential future increase in human or financial resources; 1.2. Information and promotion activities.

Figure 1.4. Highlights on communication and promotion activitiesSelected promotional activities; Investment promotion, export credit and investment guarantee agencies; Table 1.1. The OECD Guidelines and export credit, overseas investment guarantee and inward investment promotion programmes; 1.3. Specific instances; Internal procedures to handle specific instances; Figure 1.5. NCP procedures for handling specific instances; Recent trends and developments on specific instances; Focus on new specific instances; Figure 1.6. NCP co-operation on specific instances.

Figure 1.7. Source of specific instancesFigure 1.8. Location of specific instances; Figure 1.9. Industrial sectors indicated in specific instances; Figure 1.10. Chapters of the Guidelines most frequently cited in specific instances; 1.4. Peer learning/review of Japan's NCP6; Institutional arrangements; Information and promotion; The specific instances facility; Resources and budget; 1.5. Outreach: Co-operation with India; 1.6. The OECD supporting role; Resource document on useful instruments and initiatives for the updated Guidelines; Common reporting framework.

Website dedicated to the GuidelinesDatabase on specific instances; 1.7. Weak governance zones and conflict-affected and high-risk areas; Due diligence guidance for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas; New Supplement on Gold; Implementation of the Guidance; Launch of the implementation programme of the Supplement on Gold; Tracking progress in the implementation of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten (3Ts).

Box 1.2. Participants that disclosed their participation in the pilot implementation phase of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and TungstenNotes; Chapter 2. Mediation and consensus building; 2.1. Promoting the added value of mediation; 2.2. Mediation in theory: The NCP Mediation Manual; Aims of the Mediation Manual; Content of the Mediation Manual; 2.3. Next steps toward developing NCP best practices; 2.4. Mediation in practice: Case studies; a. Unilever; born Nidera Holding; c. Cermaq; 2.5. Lessons learned from the case studies; Insights; Topics for further discussion.

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises aim to help businesses meet the challenge of acting responsibly in any country they operate by providing a global framework for responsible conduct covering all areas of business ethics. While observance of the Guidelines by enterprises is voluntary and not legally enforceable, adhering governments are committed to promoting their observance among enterprises. This Annual Report, the twelfth in a series, and the first since the Guidelines were updated in May 2011, describes what adhering governments have done to live up to their commitment over.