The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global coalition of governments, companies and civil society working together to improve openness and accountable management of revenues from natural resources.

The EITI came about in an environment of increasing pressure from civil society organisations in the late 1990s for transparency in the payments and revenues stemming from the extractive industry. In 2003, the 12 EITI Principles, focusing on the need for transparent management of natural resources, were created. Goals:

The China Business Leaders Forum (CBLF) is a joint initiative of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and Renmin University of China. The goals of the initiative are to:

  1. Promote business practices that will ensure the sustainable social and economic development of China. A Business Integrity Handbook has been developed as a way to do this.
  2. Promote good governance and encourage transparency, as well as shape new business leadership to help business leaders in China to better confront challenges in the global market.

The National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) was established in 2001 to combat and prevent corruption, build integrity and raise awareness.

The NACF is comprised of three sectors: 

  • civil society 
  • business
  • government.

Each sector is represented by ten members nominated by their respective constituencies. The business sector is represented by 10 delegates from the Business Unity South Africa (BUSA).

The initiative arose in order to address the implementation gap in taxation, administrative barriers, and corruption at the regional level. It stems from a nine-year project of the Center for International Private Enterprise, seeking to improve the business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia.

Publications capturing the project’s best practices have been published by CIPE in Arabic and French. Anti-corruption and coalition-building techniques developed under the project have also been applied by CIPE in Ukraine, Thailand and Lebanon.

Recognising the fundamentally destructive nature of corruption and bribery on societies, economies and businesses, and in support of their companies’ unconditional commitment and strict policies against corruption and bribery in all their business dealings, the members of the Working Group on Integrity in Energy and Transport aim to collaborate to develop anti-corruption initiatives in countries in which they operate.

These initiatives may include:

This project was established with the aim of creating awareness in the private sector in Thailand of the risks of corruption and to reduce the likelihood of companies engaging in corruption. It stresses the need to implement policies and effective mechanisms to prevent corruption at firm and industry levels.

Companies participating in this initiative pledge to disclose and share their internal policies and experiences to help disseminate and promote best practices.

This Sectoral Collective Action on Customs Brokers has become part of the UN Global Compact Guide on Collective Actions as a best practice which also signifies success of the initial B20 2015 international efforts have been the pioneer of the “Effective Trade Fair Competition” Collective Action protocol established between the Istanbul Customs Brokers Association(IGMD) and TEID.