TOP 10 most transparent companies in the world

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Transparency International, a watchdog, studied publicly available information about the world's 105 biggest listed companies as a measure of their commitment to anti-corruption, according to The Economist.


It looked at public declarations to stay within the law, the degree to which companies disclose their organisational structure and the amount of information they release on a country-by-country basis, it says.


Let's have a look at 10 most transparent companies in the world.


Source: The Economist

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Statoil
Transparency index: 8.3 out of 10
Global rank: 1
Statoil is a Norwegian oil and gas company, formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro.
The Government of Norway is the largest shareholder in Statoil with 67 per cent of the shares. The ownership interest is managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
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Image: A Statoil petrol station is pictured in the evening in the centre of Warsaw, Poland.
Photographs: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Tags: Statoil , Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy , Norsk Hydro , Transparency

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Rio Tinto
Transparency index: 7.2 out of 10
Global rank: 2
Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational metals and mining corporation with headquarters in London and a management office in Melbourne, Australia.
The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain from the Spanish government.
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Image: A woman runs past the reception desk of the Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office in Shanghai.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Tags: Rio Tinto Group , Transparency , Spain , London

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BHP Billiton
Transparency index: 7.2 out of 10
Global rank: 3
BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, oil and gas company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and with a major management office in London, United Kingdom.
It is the world's largest mining company measured by 2011 revenues and as of February 2011 was the world's third-largest company measured by market capitalisation.
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Image: Man walks past screen displaying images for BHP Billiton interim results briefing in London.
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
Tags: BHP Billiton , Transparency , United Kingdom , London

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ArcelorMittal
Transparency index: 6.9 out of 10
Global rank: 4
ArcelorMittal is a global steel company headquartered in Avenue de la Liberte, Luxembourg. It is the largest steel producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging.
It holds sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and operates extensive distribution networks.
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Image: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lakshmi Mittal, left, and Chief Financial Officer Aditya Mittal, right, in Luxembourg.
Photographs: Thierry Roge/Reuters
Tags: ArcelorMittal , Avenue de la Liberte , Transparency , Luxembourg

BG Group
Transparency index: 6.7 out of 10
Global rank: 5
BG Group is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
It has a major liquefied natural gas business and is the largest supplier of LNG to the United States.
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Image: Sir Robert Wilson, Chairman of the BG Group, in Brasilia, Brazil.
Photographs: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
Tags: BG Group , LNG , North America , United States