Guidance

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global drive to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources.

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 23 May 2013
• Last updated: 6 July 2020 — See all updates

This guidance was withdrawn on 7 July 2020

All information about and documents produced by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative are now available on the UK EITI website.

The EITI ensures that each country manages its natural resources in a transparent and accountable way. In many resource-rich developing nations the benefits of resource extraction may be lost through mismanagement and corruption.

The initiative requires oil, gas and mining companies to voluntarily disclose their payments to government agencies. The payments are then reconciled with government receipts from the companies. This data is published in the annual EITI reports.

To find out more about EITI, the work of the group, or for guidance on UK EITI reporting, please visit their website:

UK EITI: Extractive industries in the UK
UK EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group

Published 23 May 2013
Last updated 6 July 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 July 2020

   The UK EITI now has its own website: https://www.ukeiti.org/

2. 4 February 2020

   Link to 5th EITI report covering payments in 2018 added.

3. 19 June 2019

   Updated: waiver form, guidances and reporting templates for the 2018 reconciliation, and reflected name change of Moore Stephens to BDO UK.

4. 28 March 2019

   Link added to UK EITI report covering payments in 2017.

5. 26 November 2018

   Contact details updated.

6. 30 April 2018

   Added guidance and reporting templates for the 2017 reconciliation.

7. 14 September 2017

   Letter to stakeholders about Chapter 10.

8. 31 August 2017

   Added guidance and reporting templates for the 2016 reconciliation.

9. 23 February 2017

   Change of contact details

10. 13 September 2016

    Added templates for the 2015 reconciliation and updated guidance for Oil and gas companies and mining and quarrying companies.

11. 29 April 2016

    Added information on the first EITI report, under 'what is EITI?', and updated section on 'the reporting process'.

12. 23 February 2016

    Updated 'How to report' section.

13. 29 July 2015

    Added additional guidance on reporting.

14. 1 July 2015

    Updated with final templates and waiver form.

15. 19 June 2015

    Added guidance for oil and gas companies and mining and dredging companies.

16. 18 June 2015

    Step by step guides added for oil and gas, and mining and quarrying.

17. 11 June 2015

    Added details of the workshops that Moore Stephens will be running for oil and gas companies.

18. 31 October 2014

    EITI process: The UK was accepted as a candidate country on the 15 October 2014.

19. 15 October 2014

    Added information about the UK being successfully admitted as an EITI candidate country.

20. 11 October 2013

    Details of the first meeting of the EITI multi stakeholder group added.

21. 25 July 2013

    Updated to reflect the launch of the UK's implementation of EITI.

22. 13 June 2013

    Details of EITI launch event on 9July 2013 added

23. 23 May 2013

    First published.