Blog posts

Beneficial ownership data in procurement: Beyond transparency and accountability

Beneficial ownership transparency: Transforming public procurement in South Africa

Podcast: The Way That Business Is Run

Listen to episode 2 of Open Ownership's Where Power Lies podcast: The Way That Business Is Run

State-owned enterprises: a new frontier

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are a critical part of the global economy and accounted for 20% of investment and 5% of employment in 2006

Easing the collection of high quality beneficial ownership information in resource rich countries

In partnership with EITI, Open Ownership has created a beneficial ownership form for high quality data collection and guidance for form designers and administrators

Connecting the dots between beneficial ownership and procurement data: improving processes and identifying risk

How can beneficial ownership and procurement transparency support each other?

Beneficial ownership and wealth taxation: Input to the UK Wealth Tax Commission

As wealth inequality and public debt rises in many countries around the world, the issue of wealth taxation is gaining greater political prominence

Transforming procurement systems, one prototype at a time

Working with partners, Open Ownership has developed a prototype to connect structured beneficial ownership data with public procurement data

Mexico: Laying the foundations for beneficial ownership transparency

Mexico is one of more than 90 countries worldwide to have committed to transparency over who ultimately owns and controls companies incorporated in its jurisdiction

Beneficial Ownership reform in Africa: analysing progress in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria

How Africa’s largest economies and populous nations are developing the necessary technical systems and legislative framework for disclosure of who owns and controls companies