19 December 2008 - The parties that make up the Social and Economic Council have drawn up a Statement on International Corporate Social Responsibility. The Statement draws from two previous advisory reports by the Social and Economic Council: Duurzame Globalisering: een wereld te winnen (2008) and De winst van waarden (2000).

The Social and Economic Council calls on trade and industry to actively pursue responsible supply chain practices. The Council’s Statement provides the basic principles for doing so. The Social and Economic Council has set up a special committee that will meet twice a year commencing in 2009. This International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) committee will report annually on the progress made in introducing responsible supply chain practices.

The Council’s Statement encompasses the guidelines and recommendations issued by the ILO, the OECD, and the ICC, which the Social and Economic Council regards as the normative framework for international corporate social responsibility. It also provides a brief explanation of these guidelines and recommendations. The ICC recommendations incorporated into the Statement mainly concern how companies can arrive at supply chain responsibility and offer businesses and sector organisations a reference point for their supply chain responsibility practices.

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Table of content

Statement (PDF, 87 kB) 

1. ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work (PDF, 79 kB) 
2. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (PDF, 182 kB) 
3. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (PDF, 145 kB) 
4. ICC-Guidance and ICC-Guide to responsible sourcing (PDF, 142 kB) 
5. Guideline 400 and the Guide to Sustainability Reporting of the Dutch Accounting Standards Board (PDF, 104 kB)