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Lack of urgency in answering parliamentary questions on critical report on the Dutch Garment Agreement
Following a critical research report on the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textiles (CKT) published in June, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag showed a worrying lack of urgency when…
How tax havens like the Netherlands are draining developing countries of precious public funds
Dutch tax treaty policy differs considerably from practice regarding developing countries
When the Netherlands concludes tax treaties with developing countries, the treaties contain lower rates than promised on the basis of Dutch policy. As a result, developing countries are missing out on badly needed revenues, and…
Theory and practice of the Dutch tax treaties with developing countries
The 2011 memorandum on Dutch tax treaty policy
Dutch Garment Agreement takes up complaint against C&A
The Complaints and Disputes Committee of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles has informed SOMO, Action Labor Rights and the Clean Clothes Campaign that it will take up the complaint they submitted last…
Time to start caring about cobalt
Large insurers do not tackle abuse in cobalt mining
The nine largest insurance groups in the Netherlands (Achmea, Aegon, Allianz, ASR, CZ, Menzis, NN Group, VGZ and Vivat) do not do enough to prevent or tackle serious human rights violations in the cobalt sector….
SOMO’s response to the corona pandemic
SOMO’s mission is to research, reveal and redress the power of multinationals; however, the corona pandemic has dramatically changed the context of our work and we have had to reconsider our activities. The pandemic shows…
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