The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) is a critical, independent, not-for-profit knowledge centre on multinationals.
This week, we have witnessed a landmark moment in the UN Human Rights Council. States have begun negotiating the text of the UN treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human…
In a ground-breaking development, the first ever OECD Guidelines case on corporate tax avoidance was filed against the Dutch shell companies of American oil giant Chevron. The complaint highlights Chevron’s use of Dutch letterbox companies…
This week, from 15 till 19 October, the EU and Indonesia will continue to negotiate about a new trade agreement (IEU CEPA: Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement). SOMO and Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) urge…
Today civil society groups from the EU member states have gathered at the UN in Geneva to support the Intergovernmental Working Group tasked with developing a binding instrument to ensure that businesses respect human rights….
The fourth session of the so-called ‘open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights’ will take place from 15 – 19 October at the United Nations (UN)…
In April of this year, SOMO co-organized a workshop in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) to share experiences and learning on addressing adverse impacts of business activities on communities and workers in Eastern and Southern Africa….
We are facing urgent challenges: social, environmental, political. It all starts with freeing society from the grip of finance and democracy from the capture of finance’s private interests. Ten years on from the financial crisis,…
A feature documentary about environmental destruction and human rights abuses at Europe’s largest mining project. ‘ELDORADO — The Struggle For Skouries‘ is a documentary film about the civic struggle against destructive resource extractionism at Europe’s…
