| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BIAC | Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| BWI | Building and Wood Workers’ International |
| CSR | corporate social responsibility |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECOWAS | European Community of West African States |
| EFA | European framework agreement |
| ETUC | European Trade Union Confederation |
| EU | European Union |
| EWC | European Works Council |
| GSC | global supply chain |
| GUFs | Global Union federations |
| GWC | Global Works Council |
| IFA | International framework agreement |
| IUF | International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations |
| MNE | Multinational enterprise |
| MNE Declaration | ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD Guidelines | OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| TCAs | Transnational company agreements |
| TUAC | Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNGC | United Nations Global Compact |
| UNGP | Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights |