unspecifiedRombouts,Bas2025-09-302025-09-302025-09-17Rombouts, B 2025, 'A Dutch “Smart-mix”? International responsible business conduct, (Fundamental) labour standards and the sectoral agreements in the Netherlands', Diritti Lavori Mercati International, vol. 2025, no. 1, pp. 291-314.1722-7666https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/103224A key strategy for effectively implementing and promoting International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) is securing a “smart-mix” of different – binding, voluntary, public, and private – regulatory mechanisms. The international normative basis for all these instruments is found in the voluntary frameworks developed by the UN, OECD, and ILO. The Fundamental Labour Standards of the International Labour Organization play a central role within IRBC as some of the most basic rights that are to be respected by corporations throughout their global value chains. Taking the international IRBC framework and the Fundamental Labour Standards as a starting point, this article assesses and evaluates some of the Dutch attempts to create and facilitate a smart-mix of IRBC instruments. The article focusses in particular on the Dutch sectoral agreements; multi-stakeholder IRBC instruments that emphasize a collaborative approach between business actors, civil society organizations and the government.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInternational Responsible Business ConductFundamental Labour StandardsSmart-mixSectoral AgreementsUN Guiding PrinciplesOECD GuidelinesInternational Labour OrganizationSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthArticleGeneral rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. - Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. - You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain - You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal" Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.https://www.ddllmm.eu/a-dutch-smart-mix-international-responsible-business-conduct-fundamental-labour-standards-and-the-sectoral-agreements-in-the-netherlands/open12191156817795424https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/4dd7df8a-a215-4df6-93a0-5c6302d0da19(c) Universiteit van TilburgRombouts, Bas