…The US Government must continue to enforce the “Reporting Requirements for Responsible Investment in Burma” (Reporting Requirements), as well as take steps to strengthen them. It is clear that poverty continues to be a problem in Myanmar and that investment has the potential to bring social and economic benefits to the people living there…

Recommendations to the US Government

• Continue to collect data from US companies in line with the Reporting Requirements.
• Undertake diplomatic efforts to encourage other western states to implement similar measures.
• Strengthen the Reporting Requirements to require companies seeking to enter Myanmar to disclose publicly both their human rights due diligence policies and their actual practices.
• Eliminate the $500,000 threshold for reporting investment in Myanmar.
• Impose meaningful sanctions if businesses fail to carry out such requirements.