Overview of Controversial Business Practices 2008
This company briefing provides an overview of business practices that could be considered as unsustainable or irresponsible which occurred (or might have been addressed) in 2008. In addition, it may describe developments on some issues identified in a similar overview for 2006, which was also prepared by SOMO.
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From 25 until 29 October, states convened at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to negotiate on the third revised draft treaty on business and human rights. Compared to the previous draft, this text…
Members of the Indigenous Ngäbe Buglé people were brutally attacked by Panamanian police on Friday 29 October 2021 on a parcel of private land near the FMO-financed Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. The victims, all members…
Current corporate sustainability reporting is badly flawed as open data principles are not applied. SOMO supports the call on the EU Commission and the European Parliament to make sure that stakeholder access, interoperability and collaboration…
The Dutch government has refused to give concrete answers to parliamentary questions about the lobbying of Dutch employers’ federation VNO-NCW with the Dutch government on legislation for corporate accountability. In an article published in May,…
A complaint filed by 474 Myanmar-based civil society organisations against Telenor Group in July 2021 has been declared material and substantiated by the Norwegian National Contact Point (NCP) for Responsible Business Conduct. Telenor, which is…
Hundreds of Myanmar-based civil society organisations submitted a complaint with Norwegian authorities against telecom multinational Telenor for putting the security and human rights of the Burmese people at risk as it rushes to sell its…
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…
