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Article

7 May 2008

Author:
Stephen Frost, CSR Asia

Business offering support to Burma

Google got a "Support victims of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma)" link up on their site quickly... Exotissimo, a tour operator in Burma, has set up a $10,000 fund; Thailand's biggest oil and gas firm, PTT, said it was getting ready to ship $400,000 of fuel; Total has made resources available and is working with government officials and international organizations... The Burma Campaign's Dirty List...lists companies with known business dealings with and in Burma... [How many of them] have made public statements that assistance will be forthcoming? However, the list is long so I chose only those companies that seemed to have an actual presence in Burma..., or companies providing services (like travel), where links to communities might also be a factor. I also chose large corporations (such as mining, oil and gas)... In all I researched 50 companies. My initial search failed to identify a single company website or news story detailing humanitarian assistance from any of the Dirty List companies [other than PTT, Total]... [It] does surprise me that other than [PTT & Total] not one thought this might represent an opportunity to demonstrate that their presence in Burma could be positive.

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