IKEA is a private company. It does not need to publish an annual financial statement ion the form as a quoted multinational corporation. And it
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If financial services want to be ethical here’s what they have to do
I’ve just blogged a letter sent to the FT by some of the leaders of the UK’s financial services industry in which they say: If
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If these guys mean this let’s have the debate about how to implement it
There was a letter in the FT a couple of days ago I missed whilst in Bergen. It said (and I do not apologise for
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If banks undermine states they must account on a country-by-country basis
The FT reports: The failure of Anglo Irish bank, the lender at the centre of the country’s financial crisis, would “bring down” Ireland, the country’s
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The EU must release Africa’s tax revenues
From the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development: A debate was held on transparency and extractive industries in Africa at
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The OECD makes a big step forward
This article is on the Guardian site this morning. It’s written by Mario Pezzini is the director of the OECD development centre in Paris. He
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Vince is back
I’ve just taken my sons to school and one of the other fathers on school run duty said, rather excitedly “Vince is back”. He referred
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Country-by-country reporting: the Dodd-Frank Act in multiple languages
Given the importance of the recent US law requiring country-by-country and project-by-project reporting by extractive companies listed on the SEC, Revenue Watch has translated it
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CHRISTIAN AID URGES HOUSEHOLD NAME FIRMS TO BACK ACCOUNTING REFORM
Christian Aid is launching a new phase of its Trace the Tax campaign for greater financial transparency by multinational companies. The charity is asking supporters
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