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Beneficial ownership transparency starter kit

  • Publication date: 22 March 2023

We are pleased to have brought together on this page some of Open Ownership's resources which are ideal for those who are new to beneficial ownership transparency.

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Introduction: What is beneficial ownership transparency?

  1. What is BOT? What is beneficial ownership transparency?
  2. Beneficial Ownership Data Standard and beneficial ownership primer: Primer - Beneficial Ownership Data Standard 0.3 documentation

Why is it important? What can it do?

  1. Procurement: Beneficial ownership data in procurement
  2. Private sector: The use of beneficial ownership data by private entities
  3. Anti-corruption: Who benefits? How company ownership data is used to detect and prevent corruption
  4. National security: Using beneficial ownership data for national security
  5. Extractives related resources: Extractives resources
  6. Energy transition: Shining a light on company ownership: The role of beneficial ownership transparency in the energy transition
  7. Opening Extractives programme research: Catalysing transformative change in beneficial ownership transparency

Where has this been implemented?

  1. Slovakia: Early impacts of public beneficial ownership registers: Slovakia
  2. Ukraine: Early impacts of public beneficial ownership registers: Ukraine
  3. United Kingdom: Early impacts of public beneficial ownership registers: United Kingdom

How do we implement it?

  1. What does good look like? The Open Ownership Principles: Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure
  2. How do we get there?
  3. The Implementation Guide: Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency
  4. Technical guidance: Technical guidance

The Philippines

  1. This factsheet provides key information about progress on beneficial ownership transparency in the Philippines. Philippines factsheet.

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