The production of wood pellets for biomass used in Dutch coal-fired power plants is causing serious damage to forests and biodiversity in Estonia. This does not comply with Dutch sustainability criteria on biomass. The full…
On 2 July 2020, SOMO, Clean Clothes campaign Netherlands (SKC) and a Myanmar labour rights organisation For security reasons this organisation must remain anonymous, which is necessitated by the current situation in Myanmar since the…
Vaccine manufacturer Moderna is employing tax avoidance structures to shift its profits to Switzerland and the US state of Delaware, research by SOMO in cooperation with Wemos. The European Union ordered $10.3 billion worth of…
Mining and energy companies must stop extracting and burning coal if disastrous climate change is to be avoided. But what will this transition mean for communities and workers that depend on coal mining for their…
In the final days of 2020, the European Union and China reached a political agreement on the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Friends and foes alike were taken by surprise by the sudden rush to…
It is doubtful whether corporate accountability legislation will be effective in the future, if the scope of such legislation is limited to large companies only. An analysis by Clean Clothes Campaign (SKC) and SOMO shows…
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…
