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Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure

The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure. They are intended to support governments implementing effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms and guide international institutions in understanding and supporting this work
Guidance

Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency

This guide provides resources for those implementing beneficial ownership transparency

Published: 01 July 2021
Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard is an open standard providing guidance for collecting, storing and exchanging high-quality data on beneficial ownership

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Emerging thinking

Closing the loop: How beneficial ownership information is used and why it matters

This emerging thinking piece introduces the main findings from Open Ownership’s new research on beneficial ownership data use

Written by Julie Rialet

Published: 09 October 2024
Job

Terms of Reference: for PACRA IT Systems Discovery

PACRA and Open Ownership are seeking to employ an experienced Zambian digital agency to run a Discovery process intended to deliver clear requirements for re-developing PACRA’s internal and external digital systems covering company registration.

Published: 08 October 2024
Job

Regional Manager, Africa

Open Ownership is recruiting a Regional Manager for Africa to join our Country Implementation Team. This is a permanent role.

Published: 30 September 2024

News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Introducing the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Introducing the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Written by Tim Davies

Published: 29 June 2017
News article Open Ownership Register

Danish Business Register beneficial ownership data added to Open Ownership Register

Denmark is the latest country to be added to the Open Ownership Register, the global platform that brings together beneficial ownership information from around the world

Written by Aleksi Knuutila

Published: 21 August 2018
News article Extractives

Our quick assessment of Nigeria’s first public register: a strong start, but more to be done

At the end of last year Nigeria published Africa’s first beneficial ownership register, and the first globally to focus on the lucrative oil, gas and mining sectors

Published: 13 January 2020
News article

New support for UK Overseas Territories to publish beneficial ownership data

Open Ownership will be working with the Overseas Territories as they enact their beneficial ownership commitments, advising on technical systems and on data publication

Published: 18 November 2020
News article

USA adopts a central beneficial ownership register

In late 2020, the US government passed the National Defence Authorisation Act which included important corporate transparency reforms

Published: 14 January 2021
News article Extractives Opening Extractives

Six of the largest extractive companies commit to a common set of policies and practices on beneficial ownership transparency

Anglo American, BHP, Glencore, Newmont, Repsol and Rio Tinto commit to a set of beneficial ownership transparency and reforms

Published: 07 September 2021

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Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure

Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency

Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Closing the loop: How beneficial ownership information is used and why it matters

Terms of Reference: for PACRA IT Systems Discovery

Regional Manager, Africa

Introducing the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Danish Business Register beneficial ownership data added to Open Ownership Register

Our quick assessment of Nigeria’s first public register: a strong start, but more to be done

New support for UK Overseas Territories to publish beneficial ownership data

USA adopts a central beneficial ownership register

Six of the largest extractive companies commit to a common set of policies and practices on beneficial ownership transparency