Neptune Energy signs up to Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
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2 March 2023
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Neptune Energy
Neptune Energy today
announced it has signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(EITI), which is designed to improve accountability for the revenues paid
and received for a country’s oil, gas and mineral resources.
By
endorsing the initiative, companies commit to transparently reporting information
about their operations in EITI-supporting countries, helping inform policymakers
and raising governance standards.
Neptune
Energy’s Head of ESG, Kate Niblock, said: “We are proud to help uphold
the EITI’s goal of strengthening public awareness of how countries’ natural
resources are managed.
“Paying
taxes is an important part of the socioeconomic contributions that we make
in the countries where we work in Europe, North Africa and Asia Pacific,
and our support reflects our commitment to transparency and open reporting
of information.”
Mark
Robinson, EITI Executive Director, added: “We welcome Neptune Energy
to the EITI community. By committing to the Expectations for EITI
supporting companies, Neptune Energy will have the opportunity to
learn from and set international best practices on corporate transparency
and accountability.”
Becoming
a formal supporting company builds on Neptune’s existing commitments to
transparent tax disclosure, under which the company reports payments to
governments on a country-by-country and project basis, in keeping with
the UK’s national reporting regulations.