The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) is a critical, independent, not-for-profit knowledge centre on multinationals.
Analysis by SOMO has revealed that the Dutch state missed out on €893 million in dividend taxes in 2018. This is the result of a tax ruling between petroleum company Shell and the Dutch tax…
Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), together with 17.000 Dutch citizens as co-plaintiffs, is taking Shell to court for breaching its legal duty of care by causing climate damage across the globe and undermining the…
Concrete improvements for garment workers are not forthcoming The ‘Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile’ (CKT) was signed almost three years ago. Today, the CKT published its second annual report. The Clean Clothes Campaign…
In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, which led to the death of more than 1100 workers, trade unions and clothing brands created the ‘Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh’. The Accord is…
Over 300 organisations from more than 90 countries signed a letter to the World Trade Organisation to express their ‘profound and urgent opposition to these proposed negotiations which, if concluded, could result in the full…
During the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council, member states deliberated on a resolution to support environmental human rights defenders. Ahead of the Council’s discussion of the draft resolution, nearly 200 civil society…
Over 90 organisations call on the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Bachelet, to release the database of all business enterprises involved in Israeli settlements, in fulfilment of UN Resolution 31/36. The undersigned organisations express…