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Pace gathers for strong extractive transparency laws in Europe
Euro-MP meets with African campaigners and pledges support for robust rules
BRUSSELS – The push for stronger transparency laws for oil, gas and mining companies is gathering pace. The European Parliament and Council are currently examining potentially groundbreaking legislation that would require all European listed as well as large private oil, gas, mining and logging companies to disclose the payments they make to governments around the world on a project by project basis.
G20: Bill Gates throws his weight behind Publish What You Pay rules
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Bill Gates today threw his weight behind laws that will require oil, gas and mining companies to be more transparent about the payments they make to governments around the world.
“I believe the G20 countries should endorse legally binding transparency requirements,” said Mr. Gates in a report on financing for development delivered at today’s G20 Summit in Cannes, France.
European Commission proposals for oil, gas and mining transparency laws welcomed by Publish What You Pay
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LONDON/STRASBOURG – Publish What You Pay, the global coalition of civil society groups, welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for EU laws that will require oil, gas, mining and logging companies to be more transparent about the payments they make to governments around the world.
Strategy Development Process
As Publish What You Pay approaches its tenth anniversary, we are undertaking a strategy development process. Read more about it here.