In the business world, terms like “shareholder” and “ultimate beneficial owner” often pop up. But what do they mean? And more importantly, how do they differ from one another? Here’s…
We are proud to announce that OpenCorporates has joined the pioneering group of companies that are taking giant strides in global sustainable business practices: we are now a Certified B…
Financial crimes like money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and corruption, are as old as the Lydian Kings and have been vexing rulers, regulators and law enforcement officers ever since. The…
New York/London 12th July 2023: OpenCorporates, the world's largest source of open legal-entity data, is proud to announce the launch of the Legal-Entity Data Principles to address a company-data trust…
The pace, complexity, scope and automation of the corporate world is increasing fast, and is exposing a growing gap in today’s company data between what is provided and what is…
OpenCorporates and Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) are delighted to announce that they will be working together to support ATII's goal of disrupting the operations, economics and anonymity of human…
We’re excited to announce a partnership with Microsoft ACTS (Advanced Cloud Transparency Services) Microsoft’s ACTS initiative helps governments mobilize data to accelerate and enhance transparency. Since launching in 2020, they’ve…
LEI-mapping capability enhanced as LEI Data links to corresponding records in OpenCorporates databaset The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has announced that LEIs have been linked with corresponding records…
A new joint initiative by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is helping to improve the information available on the world’s…
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Between a global pandemic, war in Europe and sustained economic instability – the last three years have felt like a perma-crisis. Being OpenCorporates however, we asked ourselves: how has the…