I’ll never be objective about country-by-country reporting, and I admit it. But none the less I was very pleased to see the FT saying in an editorial this morning
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Transparency International had this letter in the FT today: The position expressed by the large oil companies (“Shell joins push to dilute EU’s proposed anti-corruption
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The New Age in South Africa has reported: Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has been given the responsibility of leading a high-level team to
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I wrote earlier today about the arguments now going on in the EU about introducing country-by-country reporting for the extractive industries. I have to say I
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I guess I should explain what country-by-country reporting as I’m writing about it today. It’s explained in more depth here and its benefits are explained here. For those wanting
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As the FT reports this morning: Royal Dutch Shell and other natural resources companies have stepped up efforts to counteract planned anti-corruption rules that would force
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ONE have launched a petition calling on European leaders to stand up to extractive industry pressure and support a strong country-by-country reporting law the petition is available
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It’s Davos week. Appropriate growth has to be on the agenda of all present. But so too does something else, and that’s tax evasion. Tax evasion
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A representative from Ernst & Young came to the meeting I spoke at in the European Parliament last night on country-by-country reporting. He was a very
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