Corporate climate change responsibilities under the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises

Aristova, Ekaterina, Higham, Catherine ORCID: 0009-0005-0938-0067, Higham, Ian ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-6940 and Setzer, Joana ORCID: 0000-0002-7705-7684 (2024) Corporate climate change responsibilities under the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 73 (2). 505 - 525. ISSN 0020-5893

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Abstract

In 2023, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched an updated version of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. The changes represent substantial and potentially far-reaching implications for business, particularly in the areas of climate change and biodiversity. This article examines the 14 climate-related complaints filed under the Guidelines prior to the adoption of the 2023 Update, showing how many of these cases illustrate the potential interlinkages between the human rights and climate change dimensions of the Guidelines. The article then discusses how the updated provisions may influence future complaints concerning climate change. Based on this analysis, the article concludes that the Guidelines could have been strengthened by the explicit integration of climate change into the scope of corporate human rights responsibilities under the Guidelines.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/internatio...
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	20 May 2024 15:21
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 04:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123531

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