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MCRB has submitted some ideas and suggestions to H.E. Vice-President U Nyan Tun, Chair of Myanmar’s Tourism Development Central Committee on how to address the threat that sand mining represents to Myanmar’s coastal beach tourism, particularly at Ngapali.
MCRB has published three questionnaires in English and Burmese which were developed for use by the researchers conducting its sector-wide impact assessments, to assist them in identifying human rights impacts of business.
IHRB Commentary by Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct and Professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Vicky Bowman gave a talk on the work of MCRB to the Britain-Burma Society in London on 31 March, and the landscape for responsible business in Myanmar.
MCRB has submitted comments on the latest draft of the Myanmar Investment Law. MCRB’s comments are focused on ensuring that a new Investment Law will underpins responsible investment, transparency and the protection of human rights.
This submission addresses the extent to which the Government of Myanmar is complying with its duty to protect against human rights abuses caused by or involving private sector actors.
Commentary by John Morrison, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Business.
MCRB today launched the research phase for the 2015 Pwint Thit Sa report, also known as Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME) and invited companies and civil society organisations to get involved in promoting business transparency.
Amnesty International is calling for investigations by Canada and China into potential human rights abuses and illegal activity relating to the Monywa copper mining operation in Myanmar.
MCRB has submitted feedback on the draft law which has been available for consultation online. Our feedback welcomed the transparent consultation process and in particular the provision of a public briefing paper, explanatory notes, and the commentary...
News of a cable car planned for Mon State’s famed Mount Kyaiktiyo next year has been greeted with a mixed reaction. MCRB has reported on poor waste disposal and waste management in Kyaiktiyo, which poses a serious threat to the environment.
Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business convened a meeting on 19 February at Chatrium Hotel Yangon to bring together a number of company, civil society, government and international NGO organisations and individuals who are involved in the Thilawa Special
MCRB held a “Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Community Engagement in the Extractive Industries” in Yangon on 27/28 January 2015 to discuss international best practice in strategic community investment and engagement, including how to handle grievances.
MCRB held a “Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Community Engagement in the Extractives Industries” in Yangon on 27/28 January 2015 to discuss international best practice in strategic community investment and engagement, including how to handle grievances.
Myanmar is among the fastest-growing telecommunications markets in the world. However, a key part of Myanmar’s telecommunications legal framework has yet to be finalised: rules governing the interception of communications by law enforcement.
MCRB today conducted a half-day multistakeholder workshop on environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) in Myanmar’s oil & gas sector for approximately 70 participants from Myanmar civil society organisations.
On 11-12 December 2014, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) hosted a training session in Yangon on “Land Rights Documentation” in response to a request from various farmers’ networks.
Vicky Bowman, MCRB Director chaired a panel discussion on ‘Building Corporate Capacities for Responsible Investment and Responsible Business Practices in Myanmar’ at Yangon Institute of Economics on 9 December.
Salill Tripathi spoke in Yangon on ‘Digital Dangers’, the risks ICT companies face when, intended or not, they act in ways that lead to human rights abuses, sometimes due to their actions, sometimes complying with government requests or orders.
The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) has completed initial scoping and research in preparation for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector-Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA).
