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Responsible Sourcing for Business Success

There are ethical risks to doing business in Asia.

If you are increasingly investing in or lending to companies in China and elsewhere in Asia, you are probably already aware of the higher reputational and other risks in relation to environmental, social and other ethical issues.

But what can you do?

Due diligence, audit programmes and training can only go so far. If you are dealing with hundreds, let alone thousands, of Asian companies, how do you get assurance that your risks are under control?

SourceAsia’s InvestAssure service can help you.

We can support your risk control process through:

1. Customised web monitoring of incidents and allegations relating to your portfolio;

2. Assessment of the significance of web reports in relation to your core business risks framework

3. Validation of web reports by local follow-up research and investigation.

We use an intelligent internet search system.

We monitor hundreds of regional web sites and blogs in English, Chinese, Japanese and other languages, as well as national and international news agencies and publications, to identify reports of incidents and allegations of unethical corporate practices in Asia.

Our experts assess the significance of web reports. They are then added to our database and are available as e-alerts, for risk analyses), for due diligence checks or for customised reporting (by country, sector or topic) to meet your assurance needs.

Our Asian researchers validate and investigate.

Using local knowledge and resources, we can undertake further research and investigations, e.g. local media reviews, confidential interviews with NGOs, communities and employees, site audits and data analyses.

For more information:

Email: paul.wenman@source-asia.net

Tel: +44 (0)1235 525 664

Mobile: +44 (0)7720 416 363

CSR China provides research, corporate advice and factory support to improve responsible business practices, productivity and compliance in China.

www.CSRchina.net is the leading internet source of information on responsible business in China.

SourceAsia provides advice and support for responsible sourcing and investment in Asia. We aim to help manage reputational, commercial, financial and legal risks in Asian supply chains, investment portfolios and business partnerships.

Our sister company CSR China provides us with a direct research resource for the world’s fastest growing market.

InvestAssure is an ethical radar, to detect and assess internet allegations and reports of environmental damage, human rights violations, poor treatment of workers, gross corruption and other unethical corporate practices, in Asia.

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