No Man’s Land

10/03/2022: Transparency International newsletter

This week, we took to the streets to mark International Women’s Day. This year, we are thinking of Ukrainian and Russian women in particular.

 
© Transparency International, illustrations courtesy of Andrea Fonseca

International Women’s Day is also a stark reminder that there’s still a very long road ahead to fulfilling the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, a cornerstone for making progress on the rest of the SDGs, including the goal to end poverty in all its forms, everywhere. Taking action to advance gender equality is therefore crucial.

Women are most affected by inequality, not least because they represent the largest proportion of people living in poverty. And corruption worsens these existing inequalities. Tiếp tục đọc “No Man’s Land”

Accessing the 45 largest companies in Vietnam – Transparency in Corporate Reporting 2018

Hanoi, 21 August 2018.

Vietnamese companies do not perform well in reporting on their anti-corruption programs. However, they outperform their foreign counterparts on the disclosure of their organizational structure and ownership., thanks to local existing regulations. FDI companies are far ahead their local counterparts in disclosing their anti-corruption programs. None of the companies operating outside of Vietnam discloses key financial information for countries where they operate.

These are some highlights of the key findings of the report “Transparency in Corporate Reporting: Assessing the 45 largest companies” (TRAC Vietnam 2018), released today by Towards Transparency (TT), the National Contact of Trasparency International (TI) in 3 dimensions: anti-corruption programs, organizational structure and financial information on a country-by-country basis. Tiếp tục đọc “Accessing the 45 largest companies in Vietnam – Transparency in Corporate Reporting 2018”