{"id":2490,"date":"2008-05-13T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/13\/exxonmobil-welcomes-transparency-initiative\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T14:53:36","slug":"exxonmobil-welcomes-transparency-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2008\/05\/13\/exxonmobil-welcomes-transparency-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil Welcomes Transparency Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/exxonmobil\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;ndmConfigId=1001106&amp;newsId=20080513006006&amp;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"080513_exxonmobil-eiti.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/080513_exxonmobil-eiti.jpg\" title=\"080513_exxonmobil-eiti.jpg\" alt=\"080513_exxonmobil-eiti.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>ExxonMobil today congratulated the Extractive Industries Transparency        Initiative on the launch of its Business Implementation Guide, an        important step in the progress of transparency and good governance in        natural resource development.<span id=\"bwanpa0\"> \u201c<\/span>Revenue transparency and accountability in        our industry<span id=\"bwanpa1\">\u2019<\/span>s relationships with host        governments are critically important,<span id=\"bwanpa2\">\u201d<\/span> said        Rich Kruger, president of ExxonMobil Production Company. <span id=\"bwanpa3\">\u201c<\/span>ExxonMobil        supports transparency and is committed to honest and ethical behavior.<span id=\"bwanpa4\">\u201d<\/span> Kruger commented at an industry event to launch the guide, attended by        Dr. Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International and chairman of        the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global coalition        for transparency in the extractive industries. Business and non-governmental organizations and a coalition of        companies, including ExxonMobil, developed the guide under the        leadership of the EITI Secretariat. Dr. Eigen invited Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive of        Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), to co-author the guide<span id=\"bwanpa5\">\u2019<\/span>s        forward in recognition of the significant contributions by ExxonMobil to        EITI since it was announced by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair        in September 2002. Image source: eitransparency.org. &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/exxonmobil\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;ndmConfigId=1001106&amp;newsId=20080513006006&amp;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">News selected by Covalence | Region: <\/span><st1:place><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Global<\/span><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> | Company: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=6\">ExxonMobil<\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p> | Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/exxonmobil\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;ndmConfigId=1001106&amp;newsId=20080513006006&amp;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ExxonMobil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExxonMobil today congratulated the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on the launch of its Business Implementation Guide, an important step in the progress of transparency and good governance in natural resource development. \u201cRevenue transparency and accountability in our industry\u2019s relationships with host governments are critically important,\u201d said Rich Kruger, president of ExxonMobil Production Company. \u201cExxonMobil supports&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-exxonmobil","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}