B20 Summit

B20 Japan (2019)

There were no B20 taskforces during the Japanese G20 Presidency. Instead, recommendations were made at the B20 Tokyo Summit.

B20 recommendations

Excerpts from the B20 statement or policy document on anti-corruption in this B20 cycle.

B20 Tokyo Summit Joint Recommendations

Integrity for All Business underlines the importance of responsible business conduct and integrity at all levels.

The fight against corruption must remain a priority and must be addressed in close dialogue among business, government, and society more broadly. Corruption undermines good governance, erodes trust and threatens investment. While reiterating the importance of transparent, fair governance and the rule of law, the B20 call on the G20 to implement the following actions as a prerequisite for growth in accordance with domestic laws and regulations.

(1) Address the demand side of bribery as well as the supply side through promoting collective actions such as the following;

A) Anti-corruption declaration

B) Integrity pact

(2) Ensure transparency in public procurement with a focus on mid- and long-term projects.

(3) Pursue the implementation of the requirements of the past G20 communiqués regarding beneficial ownership transparency.

(4) Rebuild trust in institutions fostering the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and compliance for both demand and supply sides.

(5) Enhance a culture of integrity through education and encourage business to adopt a compliance culture within their companies while governments take into consideration compliance efforts and voluntary self-disclosure by business.

G20 commitments

Excerpts from the G20 leaders’ statement relevant to anti-corruption.

G20 Osaka Leaders’ Declaration

Excerpt:

20. ANTI-CORRUPTION:

We remain committed to play a leading role in the global efforts to prevent and fight against corruption, as well as promoting integrity, by implementing the G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2019-2021 while strengthening synergies among related international instruments and mechanisms.

Recognizing that countering corruption is an important requisite for ensuring quality and reliability of infrastructure, we welcome the Compendium of Good Practices for Promoting Integrity and Transparency in Infrastructure Development as part of our further work.

We endorse the High Level Principles for Effective Protection of Whistleblowers.

We renew our commitment to pursuing high level international cooperation between G20 members in the fight against corruption and to lead by example through the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, including its review process.

We will intensify our efforts to combat foreign bribery and to ensure that each G20 country has a national law in force for criminalizing foreign bribery as soon as possible.

We take note of the efforts towards adherence to the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

We will continue practical cooperation to fight corruption and reaffirm our commitment to deny safe haven to persons sought for corruption and their proceeds of corruption consistent with our G20 and international commitments and our domestic legal systems and will work more closely on asset recovery cooperation.

We look forward to the scoping paper on international cooperation dealing with serious economic offenders and recovery of stolen assets in relation to corruption to be prepared by relevant international organizations.

In addition, we also welcome the work on the linkages between corruption and gender being undertaken by relevant international organizations.