CSR News from around ASEAN

RAFI - Consultation Draft of Guidance for Human Rights Assurance

This is with regards to the work of the human rights Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI), jointly facilitated by Shift and Mazars, to develop guidance for practitioners of human rights assurance. At their multi-stakeholder consultation in Jakarta, where they discussed with participants the uptake of the recently-launched UNGP Reporting Framework, they had sought inputs on a first draft of the proposed assurance guidance.

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University of Nottingham makes available parts of its CSR ebook for free

The University of Nottingham has put together an eBook and they've kindly made available three parts of the eBook for free. The three parts include the preface, and three stages.

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ACN and Oxfam cooperate to push for inclusive and sustainable growth in the ASEAN Economic Community

With funding support from the Rockefeller Foundations, ASEAN CSR Network and Oxfam, through its Gender-transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investment in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme, have partnered to promote responsible and inclusive business practices among SMEs in ASEAN.

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UK FCO ‘Prosperity Fund’ continues support to ACN’s Business Integrity programme

The United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth Office has renewed its support for ASEAN CSR Network (ACN) by supporting its ‘Strengthening Private Sector Commitment, Cooperation & Action against Corruption in ASEAN” project. This will be the 4th consecutive year that the UK FCO is supporting ACN.

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