This page serves as a public record of the background and evidence of the civil society complaint, as well as how the grievance process is being executed by the EITI Secretariat.
Despite U.S. anti-bribery legislation, corruption by U.S.-listed oil and mining companies continues to occur as revealed by an investigation by Publish What You Pay coalition member Global Witness.
PWYP-US submitted this letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking record for its implementing rule for Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
One year ago today, President Trump signed away U.S. leadership in the global effort to combat corruption by rolling back a critical oil transparency rule.
From its founding, the EITI and its Standard have required comprehensive disclosure of material payments from companies to governments, including taxes.
The Cardin-Lugar provision is a landmark piece of bipartisan legislation, but a great deal of misinformation has been spread about the provision.
The groundbreaking anti-corruption law, the Cardin-Lugar provision of the Dodd Frank Act, is currently under threat of repeal. This law allows citizens in resource rich countries to ‘follow the money’ and hold their governments accountable for graft, waste and abuse.
In 2010, in an effort to empower citizens, better protect and inform investors, reverse the resource curse, and strengthen U.S. national and energy security, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Cardin-Lugar Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (Section 1504). The Securities and Exchange Commission released strong, fair final rules in June 2016. The June 2016 rule was repealed through…
Download this press release as a pdf For Immediate Release: December 13, 2017 Contact: Waseem Mardini – wmardini@pwypusa.org Office: 202-777-2934 – Mobile: 610-322-6732 PWYP-US Condemns Congressional Attempt to Scrap Landmark Anti-Corruption Law Measure Ignores the Wishes of Investors Worth Nearly $10 Trillion WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, members of the House Financial Services Committee voted to advance H.R. 4519 to repeal…
The PWYP-US steering committee submitted a letter to members of the House Financial Services Committee concerning expressing opposition to H.R. 4519