Will $14 Billion in Oil Revenues be Used to Fund Corruption?
COP 29 Meeting in Azerbaijan Highlights History of Corruption, Disclosures Provide New Data on Oil Revenue Flows
Following Biden’s Visit, What’s Next for Angola?
The President’s visit to the oil-producing nation comes on the heels of revealing disclosures from U.S. oil, gas, and mining companies.
New handbook calls on fossil fuel companies to publish their energy transition plans
“Publish Your Plans” provides a guide for what oil and gas companies must disclose in their energy transition plans to effectively mitigate the climate damage of fossil fuels production and use. To date, not a single major fossil fuel company has published an adequate plan for a lower-carbon future. June 27, 2023 (Washington, DC) – Today Publish What You Pay –…
PUBLISH YOUR PLANS: The Disclosures Needed to Support a Managed Decline of Oil and Gas Production and an Informed Energy Transition
DOWNLOADS Full version (English) / Abbreviated version (English) Versión completa (Español) / Versión abreviada (Español) Version complète (Français) / Version abrégée (Français) PWYP-US press release (English) This first-of-its-kind handbook is a blueprint for how the oil and gas sector should plan for the energy transition and includes recommendations for specific disclosures oil and gas companies must make to inform a…
EITI confirms ExxonMobil to board; industry watchdogs outraged
DAKAR – Civil society protests stalled confirmation of a new EITI Board in Dakar, forcing companies to reach an agreement with civil society. Civil society agreed to confirm the new Board if companies agreed to require ExxonMobil to publish its project-level payments-to-governments data in all countries of operation in a short, fixed period, in line with the EITI Company Expectations….
Le nouveau manuel Publiez Vos Plans cible le manque d’informations dans le cadre de la transition énergétique
PCQVP États-Unis a le plaisir d’annoncer le lancement prochain de son nouveau manuel Publiez Vos Plans. Il contribuera à mettre en lumière les risques climatiques pesant sur les compagnies gazières et pétrolières et permettra aux militant·e·s, aux décideur·se·s politiques ainsi qu’aux citoyen·ne·s des pays riches en combustibles fossiles d’exiger des entreprises une meilleure redevabilité afin qu’elles gèrent ces risques de…
El futuro manual Publiquen sus Planes apunta al vacío informativo de la transición energética
PLQP – EE. UU. tiene el agrado de anunciar el próximo lanzamiento de su nuevo manual Publiquen sus Planes, que ayudará a esclarecer los riesgos climáticos que enfrentan las empresas de petróleo y gas y a facultar a las y los defensores, encargados de desarrollar las políticas y ciudadanos de países ricos en combustibles fósiles para responsabilizar a las empresas de…
ExxonMobil attempts to reclaim seat on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Board, activists cite flawed process
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the US coalition of Publish What You Pay (PWYP-US), which advocates for an open and accountable extractive industry, called on members of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to block the installation of ExxonMobil on the organization’s Board. Throughout the EITI’s 20-year history, ExxonMobil has continually failed to meet basic transparency standards and was recently found…
Forthcoming Publish Your Plans handbook takes aim at the energy transition information gap
Français ici / Español aqui PWYP-US is excited to announce the upcoming launch of its new Publish Your Plans handbook, which will help shed light on oil and gas companies’ climate risks and empower advocates, policymakers, and citizens in fossil fuel-rich countries to hold companies accountable for addressing these risks in a prudent and responsible way. The Publish Your Plans…
Two US Companies commit to Tax Transparency. When will others make the move?
This post originally appeared on Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog. By Tim Hirschel-Burns, Yale Law School Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow on Oxfam America’s Extractive Industries Team US companies have resisted the public country-by-country reporting of key financial information that is necessary for adequate tax transparency. Hess and Newmont’s announcements show that US companies are finally catching up with…