Fund for Responsible Business - FVO

FVO provided support in 2 different ways: 

FVO Partnerships - Pillar 1

FVO Pillar 1 supports partnerships between companies and civil society organisations. FVO aims to set up multi-stakeholder projects to identify and stop RBC risks or misconduct in international value chains.

These companies want to make their value chains more sustainable in one or more producer countries. Also, they focus on one or more of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, such as human rights, employee rights or the environment. The OECD guidelines are RBC standards that apply to entrepreneurs working abroad.

For more information, see FVO Partnerships - Pillar 1.

• Managing your project administration

FVO Partnerships - Pillar 2

For more information, see the Dutch page FVO/IMVO-convenanten (Pijler 2).

Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)

Your project must follow the international Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) guidelines. We take RBC into account when assessing your funding application. We ask you to:

• follow OECD guidelines;
• show how you conduct your operations following these OECD guidelines;
• carry out a proper risk analysis of social and environmental risks;
• state the measures to prevent and reduce these risks.

During the project, you must report on RBC risks and state the measures you are taking or plan to take to prevent and reduce these risks.

Dutch companies must complete an RBC self-assessment as part of the application process. The Dutch government uses this scan to check whether a company is aware of and follows the OECD guidelines. This assessment is a requirement for approval of your project.

On our website, you can read more about RBC and due diligence.

SEAH conditions

To be eligible for subsidies, SEAH conditions apply. RVO expects you to have your own integrity policy as well as procedures to implement this policy. In addition, you are required to report any incidents of (sexual) misconduct or abuse of power during RVO-funded projects. For further details, please visit Sexual misconduct and abuse of power | RVO.nl.