Asean CSR

29 October 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - At a workshop co-organised by the ASEAN CSR Network (ACN) with Singapore Management University’s Asian Business & Rule of Law Initiative (SMU-ABRL), stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, academe and government gathered to exchange views on how to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) in Southeast Asia. At the centre of the discussions was the importance of developing national and regional action plans and how to put into practice the UNGP’s  ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 October 2015 –  YB Senator Datuk Paul Low, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said he was prepared to commit Malaysia to be a test bed for Corporate Social Responsibility.

Datuk Paul Low was the Guest-of-Honour and was speaking at the ASEAN Responsible Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today. The event is organised by the ASEAN CSR Network, Oxfam, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and the ASEAN Foundation.

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ASEAN CSR Network and Oxfam call for responsible business practice in the ASEAN Economic Community

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12 October 2015 –  With the haze affecting possibly up to five of the 10 ASEAN countries, there has been increased consumer, government, and civil society pressure, actions and media attention on errant agri-resources companies to intensify efforts in being more accountable for their business practices. 

This year is also significant as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) comes into being and a new Post 2015 strategy and agenda is formulated. CSR is identified as a key component for Social Justice and Rights in ASEAN and to contribute towards sustainable socio-economic development.

With this current ASEAN situation and direction in mind, it is thus timely that ASEAN CSR Network, world-wide development organisation Oxfam, the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers and the ASEAN Foundation are organising the ASEAN Responsible Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27 – 29 October.