This chapter addresses OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) as corporate accountability institutions. It looks at institutional differences between NCPs and their functioning and discusses implications for the provision of procedural as well as substantive remedy for victims of business-related...

Through a contents analysis of reporting in Denmark during 2008-2018, this article examines the transformational effect of mandatory NFR as a regulatory strategy. Based on a pilot study, the article contributes to the legal and organisational literature by exploring the under-researched issue of...

This overview of Danish law related to companies' conduct and impact on environment and climate change has been undertaken under the ‘Sustainable Companies' project hosted at the Department of Private Law at the University of Oslo. The ‘mapping' of national law – including in particular...

China's economic engagement in Africa has been subject to criticism on social and environmental fronts. This analysis examines two sets of guidelines launched by the government-related China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals. Aiming to promote responsible investment in the...

An amendment to the Danish Financial Statements Act and related provisions for institutional investors etc. have introduced mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting for large Danish private and state-owned companies, institutional investors, etc. The reporting requirement was...

In view of the growth and economic as well as political and lobbying power of private transnational and other businesses, the inclusion of business in rule-making organised under intergovernmental organisations offer interesting perspectives. Yet the inclusion of business in such rule-making...

Purpose: Explaining how companies can benefit from their human rights due diligence process to identify opportunities for Sustainable Develop Goal (SDG) activities in an operationalisation of political corporate social responsibility (PCSR). Design/methodology/approach: Combining PCSR, SDGs and...

This article examines the under-researched, inter-connected issues of substantive remedy and a role for OECD National Contact Points (NCPs), arguing that NCPs have important potential to complement judicial remedy institutions or administrative supervision. The EU’s corporate sustainability...

The role that human rights play for responsible business requires awareness among managers exercising a broad range of tasks. Human rights issues arise, for example, in relation to procurement, finance, supply chain management, stakeholder engagement and consultation, risk management, human...