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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

Expert advice for implementing beneficial ownership transparency, covering the full journey from commitment to data use

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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Three reasons why the Financing for Development Outcome Document should commit to ending company secrecy

Knowing who ultimately owns, controls, and benefits from companies, other legal entities, and certain high-value assets is crucial for effective public resource mobilisation. In this blog post, we highlight why the Financing for Development Outcome Document should commit to ending company secrecy.

Written by Agustina De Luca

Published: 25 April 2025
Blog post

Campaigning success in Canada leads to new beneficial ownership registers and more

Read about the End Snow-Washing Coalition’s journey, including challenges overcome, wins celebrated, and why Canada’s reforms are even more relevant in this year’s fast-changing political landscapes.

Written by Open Ownership, Sasha Caldera

Published: 24 April 2025
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Open Ownership at the World Bank Anticorruption Global Forum

Join Open Ownership at the World Bank's Partnerships for Anticorruption Global Forum in Washington, D.C. or online on 8-9 April 2025.

Published: 04 April 2025

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News article Open Ownership Register

Ukraine's beneficial ownership data now available on the Open Ownership Register

The Open Ownership Register has been updated to include information about the beneficial owners of over 240,000 Ukrainian companies

Written by Zosia Sztykowski

Published: 03 January 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

Launch of the Open Ownership Principles

Open Ownership publishes 12 principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure, defining what ‘good’ looks like for beneficial ownership transparency

Written by Tymon Kiepe

Published: 30 April 2020
News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Visualising beneficial ownership data with our new tool

Open Ownership is launching a new software tool for visualising beneficial ownership data

Written by Steve Day

Published: 09 October 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

Zambia commits to beneficial ownership transparency

Zambia officially launched its participation in the Opening Extractives programme on 10 December 2021

Published: 16 December 2021

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