Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business

09/12/2025

Institute for Human Rights and Business - IHRB has published its annual Top 10 Business and Human Rights issues for 2026

Responsible companies are under immense pressure. Many have gone silent on their sustainability efforts as political attacks force their work underground.

28/11/2025

The results of the 18th Business Confidence Survey by the European Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar (EuroCham Myanmar) once again highlighted the critical importance of uninterrupted internet access for European businesses operating in Myanmar: nearly 70% of the respondents identified supportive infr....

19/11/2025

တာဝန်သိ စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများအတွက် အရေးပါတဲ့ ဖန်လုံအိမ်ဓာတ်ငွေ့ (GHG) တိုင်းတာခြင်း အစီရင်ခံစာ

EU SWITCH-Asia Programme မှ အထောက်အပံ့ပေးထားသော Prevent Plastics+ ပရောဂျက်အောက်တွင် Yever နှင့် အတူ အကောင်အထည်ဖော် ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့ ဖန်လုံအိမ်ဓာတ်ငွေ့ (GHG) ထုတ်လွှတ်မှု တိုင်းတာမှုအစီအစဉ် ကို မိတ်ဆက်ပေးချင်ပါတယ်။ ဖန်လုံအိမ်ဓာတ်ငွေ့ (GHG) ထုတ်လွှတ်မှု တိုင်းတာခြင်း ဟာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများအား မိမိတို့၏ ထုတ်လုပ်မှုမှ ထွက်ပေါ်လာတဲ့ ဖန်လုံအိမ်ဓာတ်ငွေ့များအကြောင်း ပိုမိုသိရှိ နားလည်စေနိုင်ပြီး၊ မည်သည့်ကုန်ထုတ်လုပ်အပိုင်းမှ အဓိက ထုတ်လွှတ်နေလဲ ဆိုတာကို မြင်သာအောင် ဖော်ပြပေးကာ အပြုသဘောဆောင်သည့် ပြောင်းလဲမှုများကို လက်တွေ့ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာစေမှာ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ စာရင်းသွင်းလိုက်ရုံနဲ့ ပွင့်လင်းမြင်သာမှုရှိပြီး အချက်အလက် ခိုင်လုံတဲ့ GHG တိုင်းတာမှု အစီရင်ခံစာ (Report) ကို ရရှိမယ်။ သဘာဝနဲ့ သဟဇာတဖြစ်တဲ့ ထုတ်ကုန်၊ ဝန်ဆောင်မှုများကို ထုတ်လုပ်သော တာဝန်သိ စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများအတွက် အစိမ်းရောင်ချေးငွေ (Green Loan) နှင့် အနာဂတ် ကာဗွန်ဈေးကွက်များ အတွက် အဆင့်သင့် ဖြစ်စေမယ့် အပြင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရဲ့ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်အတွက် စီးပွားရေးအခန်းကဏ္ဍကနေ အထောက်အကူပြုမယ်ဆိုတော့ အခုပဲ ပါဝင်နိုင်ရန် စာရင်းပေးလိုက်ပါနော်။

https://airtable.com/appvnzaOvjgVrYGga/pagpkpSGZK71OHSsp/form

ပိုမိုသိရှိလိုပါက > https://coda.io/-team/prevent-plastics-guideline-mm

Calling All Businesses in Myanmar: Measure Your Carbon Footprint Today!

We’re excited to launch the GHG Emission Measurement Tool, developed under the Prevent Plastics+ project funded by the EU SWITCH-Asia Programme in collaboration with Yever. This tool helps businesses in Myanmar understand their greenhouse gas emissions, identify primary sources, and take meaningful steps toward sustainability.

Why join?
✔ Build credibility with transparent GHG reporting
✔ Prepare for green financing and future carbon markets
✔ Contribute to Myanmar’s low-emission future

📌 Registration is now open!
Start your journey toward sustainable business practices.

https://airtable.com/appvnzaOvjgVrYGga/pagpkpSGZK71OHSsp/form

Learn More > https://coda.io/-team/prevent-plastics-guideline
+

16/11/2025

Focus by OHCHR on the situation for Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar

MCRB’s last publication in 2024 was an update of its Handbook for Employers on Employing People with Disabilities

https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/tags.html?tag=disability+and+business

https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc61crp1-hidden-crisis-disability-rights-post-coup-myanmar-advance

SummaryThe military coup in Myanmar made living with a disability not just a challenge but, for many, a fight for survival. Important, albeit slow, progress made by the previous civilian government to establish and uphold the rights of persons with disabilities ground to a halt. The junta has attack...

11/11/2025

Deadline 10 December

📣 The European Union is launching a new EU SWITCH-Asia Programme CALL FOR PROPOSALS to support Asia’s transition toward a low-carbon, resource-efficient, and circular economy.

🇪🇺 Learn more at European Commission 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/prospect-details/184950PROSPECTSEN

🗓️ On 12 November at 10:00 (Brussels time), don't miss the Information Session for Grant Applicants. Register: https://bit.ly/3LiiJXX

EU International Partnerships European Commission European Union in Cambodia European Union in Indonesia European Union in LaosEuropean Union in Malaysia EU Delegation to Mongolia European Union in Myanmar European Union in the Philippines European Union in Thailand European Union in VietnamEuropean Union in Bangladesh EU in India European Union in Sri Lanka and the Maldives European Union in Nepal European Union in Pakistan

11/11/2025

Last chance to Register - Don't miss out!
𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 (𝗗𝗖𝗣) Batch 17
⁣
📅 15 - 16 and 22 - 23 November 2025
🕗 8:30 am - 5:30 pm (Myanmar Time)
🏨 Novotel Yangon Max
⁣🌐 Myanmar and English Language Program
⁣
𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺:
https://myanmariod.com/learning_series/director-certification-program-2/
⁣
𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲:
http://myanmariod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Updated-Agenda-and-Faculty-Profile_DCP17_November-2025.pdf
⁣
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸:
https://forms.office.com/r/Tux7iRcerf
⁣
This program is open to non-MIoD members as well. Please feel free to forward to your network.
⁣
Please contact at 📥 [email protected] or ☎️ 09 427 363 904, 09 400 151 419 and 09 400 151 412.

05/11/2025

Interview on Thai Government’s work on business and human rights including draft mandatory human rights due diligence law

Podcast Episode · Frankly Speaking - A Podcast on Responsible Business · 05/11/2025 · 34m

29/10/2025

📢 Important Update – Webinar Date Changed
⁣
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
⁣
In collaboration with the CCI France Myanmar
⁣
📅 Friday, 7 November 2025
🕗 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (Myanmar Time)
🏨 Zoom Online
🌐 Myanmar Language
⁣
𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿
Panellist - U Kyaw Soe Lin, Chief Executive Officer, Yoma Bank
Panellist - U Bo Bo Zin, Chief Digital Operating Officer, A bank
Moderator - U Sai Lu Mon Aung, Chief Executive Officer, KBZMS General Insurance
⁣
🔸Free Registration for members of MIoD and CCI France Myanmar
🔸MMK 30,000 for Non-members
⁣
✍️ Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/kS3kW66u4X
⁣
➡️ For more information about Panellists and Moderator, visit https://myanmariod.com/event_series/online-panel-discussion-digital-transformation-in-enterprises-and-banking/
⁣
Please register by Thursday, 6 November 2025 to reserve your spot.
⁣
This program is open to non-MIoD members as well. Please feel free to forward to your network.
⁣
Please contact at 📥 [email protected] or ☎️ 09 427 363 904, 09 400 151 419 and 09 400 151 412.

29/10/2025

End of an era…John Morrison, founding CEO of the Institute for Human Rights and Business - IHRB), one of MCRB’s co-founders in 2013, passes the bâton to IHRB’s new CEO Brandee Butler, in the presence of IHRB’s Patron Mary Robinson.

28/10/2025

Yangon Living Wage estimate from Wage Indicator Foundation

27/10/2025

https://eurocham-myanmar.org/eurocham-myanmar-statement-on-the-release-of-trade-unionists-and-labour-rights-activists/

EuroCham Myanmar welcomes the release of U Thet Hnin Aung of the Myanmar Industries Craft and Service Trade Unions Federation (MICS-TUsF), as well as Daw Myo Myo Aye and Daw Thet Htar Swe, on 20 October 2025. EuroCham Myanmar recognizes the vital role of effective...

17/10/2025

A reflection on the work of MCRB

Vicky Bowman, a British former ambassador and the director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, speaks to the DVB Newsroom about the business climate in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup and her imprisonment in Yangon. Watch Newsroom on DVB English News YouTube or Spotify. Listen on Ap...