All publications: multinational enterprises
Policy brief
Enterprises, supply chains and the transition to formality: linkages and innovation
This policy brief explores how multinational enterprises (MNEs) and supply chain linkages can help advance the transition from the informal to the formal economy. Drawing on innovative approaches and good practices across sectors and countries, it...
Joint ITCILO-INTEFP publication
Summer school on social dialogue: Industrial relations and due diligence
This volume presents selected papers and reflections from the first edition of the Summer School on Social Dialogue, dedicated to industrial relations and human rights due diligence.
ILO Working Paper 167
Labour market concentration and wage inequality: A cross-country descriptive analysis
This working paper explores how labour market concentration relates to wage inequality across countries, and the role labour market institutions can play in shaping these outcomes.
ILO brief
Promoting gender equality through responsible business conduct: the role of business
This brief aims to highlight how responsible business conduct can promote gender equality in the world of work.
Full report
Responsible Business Conduct and Human Rights Due Diligence: Good Practices of Japanese Companies Operating in Bangladesh, Cambodia and...
The ILO Office for Japan and the Research & Analysis Department of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) signed a memorandum of understanding on joint research in October 2022 to conduct research on initiatives related to human rights...
The MNE Declaration and gender equality
ILO brief
Promoting gender equality through responsible business conduct: the role of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations
This brief aims to highlight how responsible business conduct can promote gender equality in the world of work.
A compilation of good corporate practices
Businesses leading the way on disability inclusion
This comprehensive compilation includes good corporate practices from 30 multinational enterprises, all members of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, who share the goal of creating a work culture that is welcoming and inclusive of...
Responsible Business: Key Messages from International Instruments
Engaging multinational enterprises on more and better jobs
The ILO approach to responsible global business - Sustainable Enterprises
The labour Principles of the United Nations Global Compact – A Guide for Business
A publication of the UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, this Guide aims to help companies better understand and apply the four labour principles into practice (UN Global Compact principles 3-6). In a question and answer format, this Guide...
Concept Note: Conclave on Promotion of Sustainable Enterprises for Local Development
ILO Brief
Assessing the Impact of FDI on Decent Work - Exploring KPIs for Foreign Direct Investment Impact Assessment
Opening remarks at 2023 International Forum on Sustainable Mineral Supply Chain - by Mr Chang Hee Lee, Director of ILO Country Office for...
Report on the expert advice service and web site March 2023
Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)
Joint UN Global Compact-ILO learning plan for companies “Advancing decent work through the UN Global Compact Labour Principles”
To further support businesses in implementing the labour principles of the UN Global Compact, the UN Global Compact, the ILO and the ITC-ILO have developed a joint learning plan for companies based on the ILO standards, resources and tools, as well...
Principles of the MNE Declaration
ILO Working paper 71
How corporate social responsibility and sustainable development functions impact the workplace: A review of the literature
This report sets out to analyse the emergence and distinctive impact of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development (CSR/SD) functions and professionals within organizations. By evaluating the literature on this topic, it seeks to...
Report on the expert advice service and web site March 2022