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Due diligence expectations of telecoms companies doing business with repressive regimes – the case of Italtel and Iran
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Telecom companies must not let their services become tools of repression
Five years after the business rush to Iran following the nuclear deal, multinationals providing telecom technologies to Iran must seriously step up their efforts to avoid causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts, the…
Research undermines billion euro “compensation” claims by German energy companies for Dutch coal phase-out
German energy giants RWE and Uniper are using the Energy Charter Treaty to seek compensation for poor investment decisions in the Netherlands. The billion-euro claims the companies have filed against the Dutch government in response…
Seeking compensation for stranded assets
German energy giants claim billions in public funds for loss-making Dutch coal-fired power plants
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Dutch NCP accepts complaint by Amazon Indigenous Peoples, oil multinational Pluspetrol refuses mediation
The Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines today announced they would accept a complaint against Pluspetrol, a multinational oil firm headquartered in an Amsterdam mailbox. The decision gives Indigenous communities in the oil…
Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
Call for full supply chain transparency in the clothing sector
Eight years after the Rana Plaza disaster on the 24th of April 2013, where more than thousand workers lost their lives, there is still much to be done towards supply chain transparency in the global…
New research reveals large-scale tax avoidance by coronavirus test manufacturer Qiagen
New research by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) shows that the German coronavirus test producer Qiagen has been able to dodge millions of euros in tax since 2010 thanks to tax avoidance…