Responsible business conduct for institutional investors: Key considerations for due diligence under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Overview

This paper aims to help investors apply the OECD Guidelines by outlining due diligence and key steps for institutional investors across the investment value chain.

Where needed, the paper distinguishes between approaches for asset owners and investment managers, as well as specific asset classes. These include: public equity (shares in companies listed on a stock exchange); corporate bonds (company debt or loans); private equity (shares in unlisted companies); infrastructure (funds investing in assets such as airports, roads or renewable energy facilities, or direct investments in these assets); and real estate (unlisted property investment funds or direct investments in real estate). 

In practice, investors may use a combination of investment strategies and asset classes, and the line between these categories may be blurred in some cases. In such situations, a combination of approaches may be used. 

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