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On 18 June, MCRB contributed to a training program in Pyin Oo Lwin organized by Burma-China Pipeline Watch Committee for its members.
On 14 June, MCRB contributed to a quarterly workshop in Taungyi to support the negotiation skills of local authorities as part of the “Inclusive Natural Resource Management Program” implemented by Mercy Corps in partnership with local organization, Karuna
Vicky Bowman appeared on DVB's Dateline Irrawaddy programme to discuss the challenges companies and international organisations face when conducting due diligence on property in Myanmar.
MCRB has responded to the Myanmar government’s public consultation on a Code of Practice for Mobile Customer Registration. The Centre welcomes the transparent consultation process.
MCRB launched the Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (Pwint Thit Sa) project last month, which rates Burma’s largest companies for their openness on efforts to promote anti-corruption, organizational transparency, and human rights, health, safety and...
Six weeks into the project, we have reviewed the websites of 60 Myanmar companies that are significant players in the country’s economy. We have found that only 34 of them i.e. just over half have websites.
On 22 March 2014, the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business hosted a workshop entitled “Promoting Inclusive and Responsible Business: Experiences of Myanmar, Singapore and Across ASEAN” at the ASEAN People’s Forum on Business and Human Rights.
In an interview with Mizzima Business Weekly’s Geoffrey Goddard, Vicky Bowman was asked to define corporate social responsibility and explain what a company gains from embracing the philosophy.
MCRB held consultations in Yangon, 24-26 March 2014, on the findings and assessments from field work across Myanmar, forming part of the forthcoming sector-wide impact assessment (SWIA) on Myanmar’s Oil & Gas sector.
Vicky Bowman made a presentation about responsible business and disability to the Experience Sharing Workshop on Disability Inclusive Business in Mekong Countries on 20/21 March.
The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) has launched the Pwint Thit Sa project, also known as Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME).
MCRB will shortly launch a study of transparency in Myanmar companies, inspired by Transparency International’s TRAC reports on multinational company transparency.
Vicky Bowman has co-authored a blog with Inle Advisory Group on what CSR means in and for Myanmar. Foreign businesses are expected to be a major player in the development of the country. We offer the following recommendations to assist in thinking through
DVB TV interviewed Vicky Bowman, Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, in English, about the centre’s work, ways in which companies can adopt responsible business practices and how to tackle issues such as corruption and human rights.
As part of its commitment to building dialogue between business and civil society, MCRB worked with the British Council and Internews’ J-School in Yangon to deliver a training programme for a group of local journalists from 17-21 February 2014.
The December 2013 issue of the Journal of Human Rights and Democracy (Burmese language) included an interview with Vicky Bowman on responsible business, and an article by Hnin Wut Yee on grievance mechanisms.
On February 10th 2014, Vicky Bowman gave a presentation (English/Myanmar) on ‘The Private Sector’s Experience and Expectations of Environmental and Social Safeguards’ to an ADB-sponsored National Seminar on Myanmar’s Country Safeguards System, Naypyidaw
On February 9th 2014, Vicky Bowman, MCRB Director participated in a DVB TV debate on the new Myanmar economy.
On 5 February, MCRB partnered with the British Council and the Myanmar Directorate of Investment and Companies Administration (DICA) to run a workshop for senior civil servants, parliamentarians and leaders from the business community to discuss promoting
Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid and the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business have signed an MoU setting out their intention to work together to establish a network of business-led corporate social responsibility offices in major cities in Myanmar.
