Ms. Khine Khine Nwe, a member of the Board of Trustees of the ASEAN CSR Network, discusses why Myanmar is known as the number one country in terms of charity work but is now moving towards CSR 2.0. What does that mean and how will The ASEAN Responsible Business Forum in KL benefit delegates there?
ACN’s Project Co-ordinator, Nguyen Thi PhuongThao discusses the business integrity issues facing ASEAN and why harmonising integrity standards and programmes among the business community is key to progress in ASEAN.
Contribution by Erinch Sahan, Senior Policy Adviser on Business and Markets, Oxfam GB Asia on how the business community needs to lead its own discussion about where to target their efforts on business and human rights, and a focus on the most vulnerable people is a sensible starting point.
On 29 October 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ASEAN CSR Network (ACN) will again convene a workshop on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) to follow up on commitments made in Bali earlier this year and spur greater interest.
Singapore Management University’s Asian Business and Rule of Law Programme (SMU-ABRL) and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) remain as key partners for the workshop.
The workshop is part of the ASEAN Responsible Forum taking place from 27-29 October 2015, three weeks prior to the upcoming ASEAN Summit 2015, which will also be held in Kuala Lumpur.
