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23 May 2016

Job posting: China Researcher & Representative [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

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To provide greater transparency and accountability for companies’ social and environmental impacts in China and Chinese companies operating overseas, and to empower others to act:

Transparency: Collecting & publicizing information from a wide range of sources on our multilingual website and in our Weekly Update newsletters, to bring attention to concerns related to social & environmental impact as well as positive steps by business. Communicating on issues related to business’ responsibility on social and environmental issues in the region through blog posts, media articles, and briefing notes.

Promoting accountability: By seeking public responses from companies to concerns of misconduct.  The Resource Centre has approached companies over 2800 times for responses to allegations, with a global response rate over 70% and a response rate over 50% from China-headquartered firms, including those from CNPC, Sinohydro, CNOOC, Foxconn, Lenovo, CITIC Group.  Helping to strengthen our regional coverage of legal cases involving companies’ impacts on social & environmental issues.

Provision of tools & guidance: By ensuring that organizations throughout the region are aware how to use the Resource Centre to obtain the information and guidance they need, and to channel their concerns to an influential audience.  This will be achieved through effective representation, online and in-person networking.