Table 3 Key port transparency indicators by region
From: Transparency in port governance: setting a research agenda
Proxy items | Total (n = 87) (%) | Canada (n = 17) | Europe (n = 26) | LAC (n = 21) | U.S (n = 23) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Port Website and/or Annual Report provides bio of Board of Directors (BoD) members | 44 (51%) | 8 (47%) | 7 (27%) | 8 (38%) | 21 (91%) | ||
2. Annual Meeting (AM) and/or the Board Meeting (BM) are open to the public | 34 (39%) | 10 (59%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (10%) | 22 (96%) | ||
3. Minutes of the Annual Meeting (AM) and/or the Board Meeting (BM) are published | 26 (30%) | 1 (6%) | 2 (12%) | 4 (19%) | 18 (78%) | ||
4. Website has a community and/or a stakeholder link | 34 (39%) | 12 (71%) | 3 (15%) | 3 (14%) | 15 (65%) | ||
5. Email/ phone of executive staff available on website | 47 (54%) | 11 (65%) | 14 (54%) | 9 (43%) | 13 (57%) | ||
6. Annual report publicly available on the website | 64 (74%) | 14 (82%) | 17 (65%) | 16 (76%) | 17 (74%) | ||
7. Audited financial reports publicly available on the website | 60 (69%) | 12 (71%) | 17 (65%) | 16 (76%) | 15 (65%) | ||
8. CRS and/or ESG reports publicly available on the website | 41 (47%) | 9 (53%) | 16 (62%) | 4 (19%) | 12 (52%) | ||
9. Port Tariffs publicly available on the website | 72 (83%) | 17 (100%) | 20 (77%) | 16 (76%) | 19 (83%) | ||