MCRB previews a new project to enhance Transparency In Myanmar Enterprises (T.I.M.E.) - သတင္းမီဒီယာစင္တာ
You are here Home » သတင္းမီဒီယာစင္တာ » MCRB previews a new project to enhance Transparency In Myanmar Enterprises (T.I.M.E.)

MCRB previews a new project to enhance Transparency In Myanmar Enterprises (T.I.M.E.)

The Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) is planning to launch an index later this year called Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises, or TIME.
The Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) is planning to launch an index later this year called Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises, or TIME.

MCRB will shortly launch a study of transparency in Myanmar companies, inspired by Transparency International’s TRAC reports on multinational company transparency.

MCRB will shortly launch a study of transparency in Myanmar companies, inspired by Transparency International’s TRAC reports on multinational company transparency. Watch this website for further details.

The Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) is planning to launch an index later this year called Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises, or TIME.

MCRB will survey what information the 50 largest companies in the country put online, and publish the results after inviting companies to improve their transparency.

“What do they reveal about themselves in terms of ownership, in terms of the structure of their group, their subsidiaries, in terms of what they have in the way of anti-bribery policies and other forms of business integrity approaches?” asks Vicky Bowman, MCRB Director, describing the focus of the survey.

“Also what they say about human rights policies, their human rights risk, particularly around land.”

The results of the survey will be ready in July, and the process will be replicated annually to encourage companies to be more open about their businesses.

“We’re currently finding the 50 companies and their contact details, which is not as easy as it should be,” she said, adding that the government-published list of 100 top taxpayers in the country was being used as a starting point to identify which companies should be included in the survey.

Related:

Plan to Shed Light on Burma’s Secretive Companies - The Irrawaddy, 5 March 2014

ေနာက္ဆုံးရ သတင္း

What Remains of the Myanmar Economy Post-Coup

What Remains of the Myanmar Economy Post-Coup

On 16 September 2024, Vicky Bowman, MCRB Director was interviewed by Pamela Kennedy of the Stimson Center on what has happened to Myanmar's economy since the 1 February 2021 military coup, and the outlook for the future.

Recordings of the presentations are available to watch in English or in Thai. Click "See More" below the video for the link to the Thai version.

On 13 July, MCRB and Fair Finance Thailand co-hosted a webinar for Thai companies. Vicky Bowman, Director of MCRB, presented the human rights risks which companies currently need to take into account when doing business in Myanmar...

© 2024 Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business