This policy brief describes the current landscape of sustainability initiatives for policymakers involved in developing and implementing due diligence policy. It encourages policymakers to examine ...

This paper takes stock of one year of policy responses to the 2022/2023 energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine from the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises ...

11th edition of the Forum on Green Finance and Investment, from 15-16 October 2024, OECD Conference Centre, Paris.

This paper explores governments’ role in fostering, facilitating and engaging in collective action initiatives to support the private sector in its fight against corruption. Building on the OECD ...

Teaching staff compensation forms the largest component of education budgets, averaging 58% of expenditure in public primary and secondary educational institutions across OECD countries. This share ...

Recent crises have reminded us of the importance of our daily bread, something that represents more than nutrition; it’s stability, security, and resilience. The OECD–FAO Agricultural Outlook ...

This OECD report examines carbon intensity metrics in the steel and cement sectors. It highlights challenges in producing internationally comparable metrics, explores current initiatives addressing ...

As of 2024, over two million people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness each year in OECD and EU countries. As a range of methodological challenges complicate the measurement of the extent ...

Production and calorie intake of animal-source products are expected to increase as incomes rise in middle-income countries, but further increases in food production through improvements in ...

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, ...

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfill and less than a fifth recycled, according to a new OECD report.

Governments are at an inflection point in addressing climate change. While climate action has gained momentum over the past decade, current efforts are not sufficient to keep the Paris Agreement’s ...