Joint Submission on the revision process for the Second U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct

(October 7, 2021 | Washington, D.C.)

On June 16, 2021 the Biden administration announced its plans to update and revitalize the 2016 U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC). In response, ICAR and several civil society partners issued a joint submission to the Department of State with concrete recommendations regarding the U.S. NAP revision process.

The letter calls on the administration not to treat this as a light-lift quick update, but rather to engage in a robust, participatory, inclusive, and transparent revision process. The concrete recommendations in the letter come from the ICAR-DIHR NAPs Toolkit, and references to the weaknesses in the process last time around come from ICAR's evaluation of the 2016 U.S. NAP.

Read the joint letter here: SUBMISSION ON THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CONDUCT