This report identifies the most widespread corruption risks affecting Ukraine’s forestry sector and the state-owned enterprise Forests of Ukraine. It also formulates recommendations to mitigate the key risks.

It is based on a comprehensive analysis of corruption risks in the forestry sector conducted by experts from the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, together with the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Basel Institute on Governance and WWF Ukraine.

Publishing information on the real owners of companies, also known as beneficial owners, can help governments curb corruption and support a more transparent environment for business. A session at the 4th International Collective Action Conference in Basel discussed how the new ‘Opening Extractives’ programme seeks to create new momentum for beneficial ownership transparency in a sector that has been prone to corruption risks.

In this short video, Gabriel Cifuentes, former Secretary of Transparency in the Office of the President in Colombia, talks about his experience in implementing the second High Level Reporting Mechanism (HLRM) to ensure a clean procurement process for the construction of the Bogotá Metro.

CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative is the leading global initiative improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure.

CoST works with government, industry and civil society to promote the disclosure of infrastructure project data. It validates and makes this data easy to understand through an assurance process and ensures this information reaches citizens. This helps to empower citizens to demand better infrastructure and hold decision makers to account.

The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), in partnership with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has established a Corporate Governance Rating System (CGRS) for listed companies in Nigeria. Membership is open to companies listed on the NSE. The current membership base spans:

  • Financial institutions
  • Multinational companies operating in Nigeria
  • Local companies and business associations

The CGRS works towards the following objectives: