From transparency to trust: Open Ownership strategy 2025 to 2030
Who we are
OO is a global centre of expertise on beneficial ownership transparency (BOT). Founded in 2016, our team of policy, law, technology, advocacy, and implementation specialists collectively has decades of experience supporting anti-corruption, anti-financial crime, and governance reforms in diverse environments.
We are globally recognised for our technical support to governments, our independent research and policy analysis, our open data standard, and our role in shaping international policy on BOT. After nearly a decade of growth and institutional maturation, OO has a strong team in place, significant and unique intellectual assets and expertise.
OO’s needs-driven and data-informed approach has pioneered the application of user-centred design in the field of BOT, and has directly supported some 40 jurisdictions to advance beneficial ownership reforms and the use of beneficial ownership data worldwide, including in Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Zambia.
OO designed and oversees development of the world’s leading open data standard for beneficial ownership information, the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS). [1] The Open Ownership Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure (OO Principles) and implementation tools are global benchmarks that are deployed at the domestic level and referenced by multilateral organisations, such as the European Commission, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the Asian Development Bank, as well as by international CSOs. [2] The application of the OO Principles ensures reforms are not merely adopted but also used effectively in practice.
Endnotes
[1] Open Ownership, “Beneficial Ownership Data Standard”, n.d., https://www.openownership.org/en/topics/beneficial-ownership-data-standard.
[2] Open Ownership, Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure (Open Ownership, updated 2023), https://www.openownership.org/en/principles/.