The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) sets a global standard for transparency in oil, gas and mining. It is…
- An effort to make natural resources benefit all
- A coalition of governments, companies and civil society
- A standard for companies to publish what they pay and for governments to disclose what they receive
Source: http://eiti.org/
The initiative is mentioned in Chapter Intensifying our Fight against Corruption of G20 Cannes Summit Final Declaration.
The EITI Principles and EITI Criteria (at EITI website) are the most concise statement of the beliefs and aims of the Initiative.
As listed at the EITI website:
- Supporting Companies
- Civil Society organisations
- Supporting Countries
- Industry Associations
- Institutional Investors
- Supporting International Organisations
Compliant Countries
(Links to country pages at: http://eiti.org/countries)
- Azerbaijan
- Central African Republic
- Ghana
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Peru
- Timor-Leste
- Yemen (suspended)
Candidate Countries
These are also listed at http://eiti.org/countries
