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Impact

Learn how countries are taking steps towards beneficial ownership transparency, and the benefits it brings.


This page features the Open Ownership map, showing worldwide commitments and action towards beneficial ownership transparency, and then shows recent impact case studies and blog posts. If you would like to discover more resources relating to impact, please visit our comprehensive search function from the top menu.

  • Open Ownership map showing beneficial ownership commitments and implementations

    The Open Ownership map: Worldwide commitments and action

    Discover commitments that countries have made to beneficial ownership transparency, which countries have implemented central or public registers, and visit country profile pages

  • The Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group

    The Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group

    The Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group was formed in 2019 to drive the global policy shift towards free, open beneficial ownership data

    Published: 10 March 2022

Case studies

  • Ukraine flag Photo by_ Yehor Milohrodskyi
    Case study

    Early impacts of public beneficial ownership registers: Ukraine

    In 2015, Ukraine became the first country in the world to launch a public register of the beneficial owners of corporate entities registered in the country. This report provides an overview of the register’s origins and evolution, then explores its impact

    Written by Alanna Markle

    Published: 01 February 2022

  • UK flag credit Photo by_ simon-lucas-
    Case study

    Early impacts of public registers of beneficial ownership: United Kingdom

    The UK was the first country in the world to commit to making beneficial ownership transparent. In 2016 it launched its public beneficial ownership – or Persons of Significant Control (PSC) – register

    Written by Chinwe Ekene Ezeigbo, Tymon Kiepe , Louise Russell-Prywata

    Published: 01 April 2021

  • Slovakia_ Photo by tomas
    Case study

    Early impacts of public registers of beneficial ownership: Slovakia

    Slovakia was among the first countries in the world to implement a public beneficial ownership register and is a member of the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group. Slovakian public beneficial ownership data was used to expose alleged cases of wrongdoing

    Written by Tymon Kiepe , Victor Ponsford, Louise Russell-Prywata

    Published: 01 October 2020

Latest news

  • South Africa  Photo by_Go to Den Harrson
    Event

    Event: Collective action for beneficial ownership transparency in South Africa: From commitment to implementation

    This national conference coincides with global Open Government week, and will take pace on 16-17 May 2022

    Published: 04 May 2022

  • Opening Extractives
    News article Extractives Opening Extractives

    Open call for proposals: Increasing beneficial ownership data analysis in the extractives sector

    Opening Extractives is looking for organisations, media centres, or individuals to submit innovative projects to tackle opaque company ownership in the natural resources and extractives sector through public beneficial ownership data analysis and use

    Written by Opening Extractives

    Published: 03 May 2022

  • Partner_Funders_Credit Photo by ian dooley on Unsplash
    News article

    Welcome to the new Open Ownership website

    We’ve been working with the digital studio Hactar for the past six months, conducting user research and reimagining our website as a global knowledge hub on beneficial ownership

    Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kathryn Davies

    Published: 31 March 2022

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