79 Kenyans have filed a lawsuit against the British agro-multinational Camellia, the parent company of the Kenyan company Kakuzi. This company is accused of having committed systematic human rights violations against workers and inhabitants of…
The power of multinationals, will be discussed online Friday 30 October to mark Ronald Gijsbertsen’s departure as SOMO’s executive director after 17 years. Write a message to Ronald in our guest book Speakers including, Channah…
One of the largest exporters of chicken products to the European Union, the Ukrainian poultry giant MHP uses letterbox companies in tax havens Luxembourg and Cyprus to avoid taxes at home, new research by SOMO…
Oil trader Vitol is one of the world’s biggest companies, yet its operations have largely remained under the radar. A new report by SOMO and CISLAC sheds light on Vitol’s activities in the high-risk oil…
This week, the online training of the Indonesion NGO Prakarsa started. The training is an introduction to (international) taxation, with a focus on the digital economy. Central to the training are the concepts of tax…
Today, on the World Day for Decent work we proudly announce our programme to improve working conditions in the leather supply chain. As a group of seven NGOs from Austria, Bangladesh, Germany, India, the Netherlands…
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…
