This report published by Save The Children UK, and supported by CARE International UK focuses on company performance. It compares the revenue transparency of oil and gas companies across six countries. It also presents a measurement framework that points the way towards a ‘gold standard’ for company disclosure.

This report published by Publish What You Pay NGO coalition members including CARE International UK, Global Witness, Open Society Institute, Save the Children UK and Transparency International UK put forward the case for why such standards should require upstream extractive industry operators to disclose revenue payments on a country-by-country basis. The disclosure of this information will allow small and large shareholders including analysts and institutional investors, as well as other stakeholders, including governments and citizens, to know how much a company is earning and paying to governments in the different countries where it operates.

This report published by Save The Children UK, and supported by CARE International UK focuses on ‘Home’ countries, which are those where oil and gas companies are registered or raising capital. These governments can play a key role by requiring companies to publish the payments they make to governments in each country in which they operate. Many home governments, including the G8, have made statements in support of improved revenue transparency. But beyond the rhetoric, what are they doing to make this happen?

The latest newsletter from WSUP includes information about projects that will reach 35,000 people by March 2008 as well as updates from various countries.