Minutes of UK NCP steering board meeting held on 6 July 2023
Updated 2 October 2024
漏 Crown copyright 2024
This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit or write to the Information Policy Team, 皇冠体育app National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected].
Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.
This publication is available at /government/publications/uk-ncp-steering-board-meeting-minutes/minutes-of-uk-ncp-steering-board-meeting-held-on-6-july-2023
Date: 6 July 2023
Venue: Hybrid MS Teams and Old Admiralty Building 3.21
Attendees:
- Tom Younespour (Chair of the UK NCP Steering Board) - Department for Business and Trade (DBT, Trade Policy)
- John Morrison (Board Member) - Civil Society (Institute for Human Rights and Business)
- Nicholas Crook (Board Member) - Trades Unions Congress (Trade Union)
- Lorand Bartels (Board Member) - Independent (University of Cambridge)
- FCDO Representative (Board member) - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- DWP Representative (Board Member) - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- UK NCP Steering Board Secretariat - Department for Business and Trade (DBT, Trade Policy)
Observers and Presenters:
Department for Business and Trade (DBT, UK NCP):
- Senior Policy Advisors UK NCP
Item 1: Welcome and Introductions
- 皇冠体育app Chairman welcomed the Steering Board and introductions were made.
Item 2: Minutes and Actions from Previous Meeting
- 皇冠体育app minutes from the March 2023 meeting were confirmed as accurate
- Actions were agreed to return
Item 3: Updates
CBI Participation on the Steering Board
- 皇冠体育app Chairman of the Board updated the Steering Board on the Government鈥檚 pause on engagement with the Confederation of British Industries (CBI), meaning the CBI were not invited to participate in the UK NCP board meeting. Further updates would be provided in due course.
OGD board representatives
- 皇冠体育app Chairman of the Board updated the Steering Board on the progress of appointing new other Government department representatives to the Steering Board to provide a balance of external versus internal opinion, as per the Steering Board Terms of Reference.
Steering Board alternate appointments
- 皇冠体育app Chairman of the Board updated the Steering Board on the progress of appointing both business and civil society alternates.
Item 4: UK NCP Case Update
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP updated the Board on its current caseload, noting a high volume.
Item 5: OECD engagement
1. Update: Conclusion of the Revision of the OECD Guidelines
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP updated the Steering Board on the conclusion of the revision of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct.
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP updated the Steering Board on the recent OECD Ministerial Council meeting chaired by the UK.
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP presented an overview of the new version of the OECD Guidelines, including changes from previous version.
2. Update: OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Meeting and OECD NCP Network Meeting (19-21 June)
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP gave an update on its engagement at the OECD.
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP attended the WPRBC and the NCP network meeting in June.
- 皇冠体育app Working Party鈥檚 focus is now on implementation and promotion of the new version of the OECD Guidelines.
3. Update: Stakeholder Engagement/Promotion of the new OECD Guidelines
- 皇冠体育app UK NCP explored areas of promotion and stakeholder engagement with the Steering Board.
Item 6: AOB
皇冠体育app Steering Board were thanked for their contributions.