D. Other
How Have the Core Criteria for the Operation of NCPs Been Applied in Your Country to Further the Effectiveness of Guidelines Implementation?
Visibility: The Guidelines are readily available, through the NCP website and in other ways. Members of the Liaison Group also promote the Guidelines and the NCP. As described above, steps have been taken to increase the visibility of the Guidelines and the NCP.
Accessibility: The NCP has responded to all enquiries and requests for information received. The NCP can be contacted by telephone, e-mail, fax or post.
Transparency: All activities of the NCP have been open and transparent. There have been no specific instances raised to date, and no issues of confidentiality/transparency have arisen.
Accountability: The NCP is accountable to the government through the Minister of Commerce.
Other Information on the Nature and Results of NCP Activities
To date, the main focus of the NCP, working with the Liaison Group, has been promoting the Guidelines, distributing information about them and raising the awareness of them in New Zealand. While there has been some progress, the NCP is conscious that more can be done, and will continue its promotional activities.
Meetings of the Liaison Group provide a forum to discuss other issues (besides Guidelines promotion), such as the overlap of the Guidelines with other codes and standards for corporate social responsibility (including the development of ISO 26000 and other New Zealand government-sponsored initiatives).
Although no specific instances have been raised with the NCP, members of the Liaison Group have indicated that the potential to do so under the Guidelines has provided some leverage to successfully address issues of concern with multinational enterprises operating within New Zealand.
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