As part of its programme of enhancing Myanmar companies’ understanding of responsible business practices, MCRB organised a one day workshop in Yangon on “Developing a Human Rights Policy” on 5th September 2016:

http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/jobs/ MCRB is seeking to fill a new position of Programme Manager to assist the Director with the delivery of MCRB’s three year programme and
partnerships and future plan, including reporting to donors and communication in English of MCRB’s activity, as well as engagement with the full range of MCRB stakeholders.

Application deadline: Thursday 15 September 2016.

MCRB has entered into a ‘strategic alliance’ with Business Disability International (bdi):

MCRB, together with Peace Nexus, International Alert and MCRB’s partner, Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid (MBCA), held a training workshop on responsible business on July 27-28 in Myawadi:

Aung Kyaw Soe, MCRB's Extractives Programme Manager, presented emerging findings from MCRB's Sector-Wide Impact Assessment at the seminar 'Good Governance in Mining: Best Practice Environmental and Social Impact Solutions' organised by Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce in Nya Pyi Taw on 27th of July:

How social media became Myanmar’s hate speech megaphone

Vicky Bowman, Director MCRB, and Allan Lerberg Jorgensen, Director, Human Rights and Development Department, of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), one of MCRB’s co-founding organisations, made presentations to a seminar on 29 June in Tokyo on ‘Responsible Business, Responsible Supply Chain: How should Japan implement UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in its policy and practice?”

In the wake of the controversial Myitsone dam, Aung San Suu Kyi is demanding more from investors involved in high risk projects, reports Vicky Bowman:

On 12 August 2016, Vermont Law School (VLS) and MCRB with the support from Heinrich-Böll Stiftung co-organised a training session for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultants in Yangon:

The government of Myanmar has the opportunity to lead from the front in tackling hate speech and to present an example of good practice to the world.

Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) has submitted its first Communication on Engagement (CoE) to the United Nation Global Compact (UNGC): http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/first-ungc-coe.html

In the following interview, published on Mizzima.com, Vicky Bowman, director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, discusses the role businesses can play in the ongoing development of Myanmar.