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ASrIA Briefing 23 November: Tracking Businesses' Human Rights Record in China: Opportunities and Challenges

Date:	Thursday 23rd November, 2006
Time:	5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Venue:	Cliftons Central Training Facility Level 33, 9 Queen's Road Central HONG KONG

We are pleased to invite you to a briefing by Roddy Shaw, East Asia Researcher & Coordinator of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, an independent NGO based in the UK, USA & HK. Mr. Shaw is a long-time human rights advocate and a legal researcher. His current role at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre focuses on businesses' social and environmental impact in the East Asian region, including local corporations and trans-national corporations. China, being the global manufacturing hub, is one of his main areas of focus.

Alongside its rapid economic growth, China today faces some of the toughest challenges in industrialization including safety issues in its mining industry, serious air and water pollution, labour rights abuses, etc. Major corporations are torn between respecting minimal labour rights in order to preserve brand reputation and the bid to drive prices down in order to compete in the global market. Roddy will look at how NGOs, businesses and the government play their respective roles in turning challenges in China into opportunities.

The briefing will be held at 5:00pm on Thursday 23rd November and will close at 6:30pm at the latest. Attendance will be on a first come first serve basis, with priority registration being given to ASrIA members. Please RSVP and let me know if you are able to attend. Non-ASrIA members who wish to attend will be charged HK$200.