News & Highlights
- The National Work Team of Responsible Business Conduct for Multinational Enterprises Meeting – 16/6/2025
The National Work Team of Responsible Business Conduct for Multinational Enterprises held its first meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Investment under the chairmanship of His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Ministry, Zaher Al-Qatarneh, head of the team.
The Chair of the Group welcomed the members and spoke briefly about the importance of having the Jordanian National Contant Point as it is the official body tasked with implementing the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct.
A presentation was presented about the Guidelines and the most important standards provided by these guidelines which are: Disclosure, Human Rights, Employment and Industrial Relations, Environment, Combating Bribery, Consumer Interests, Science Technology and Innovation, Competition, Taxation. the impact of applying these guidelines in promoting economic, social and environmental development.
The role and importance of the Jordanian National Contact Point to further the effectiveness of the Guidelines, was also clarified.
At the end of the meeting, it was agreed to organize an awareness campaign directed to one of the economic sectors during the last quarter of this year (2025).
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- NCP-Jordan has participated on 19/1/2025 in the Launch of the Arabic Version of OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct that was held in cairo, Egypt.