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SOMO welcomes new funding from the Ford Foundation
SOMO is pleased to announce a substantial investment by the Ford Foundation in our work and organisational development. In 2022, SOMO will receive $1,395,000. Ford’s Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) grants focus on helping social justice…
European Union: rules for batteries should cover bauxite, copper, iron
The European Union’s proposed batteries regulation should require importers and manufacturers to source the bauxite, copper, and iron used in batteries responsibly, a coalition of 16 organizations said today. The coalition includes Amnesty International, Earthworks,…
How Dutch pension fund get rid their Russian investments
Together with Follow the Money, SOMO investigated how pension funds are getting rid of their investments in the Russian bonds and shares. A month ago, PFZW (one of the biggest Dutch pension funds) and other…
At least sixteen Gazprom subsidiaries in the Netherlands
The largest gas company in the world, Gazprom, has at least sixteen Dutch subsidiaries in Amsterdam, SOMO-research finds. The Russian state-owned company falls outside the current sanction rules, which means that Gazprom’s Dutch letterbox companies…
Enabling Putin’s war
Pay and the pandemic
CEO salaries rise sharply despite corona crisis
Despite the corona crisis, the incomes of CEOs and other top managers of the biggest publicly listed Dutch companies have increased, according to research by the University of Groningen and SOMO. Even though average company…
Financially strong investor ready to take the Dutch housing market by storm
Blackstone has more than US$ 46.1 billion ready to buy worldwide real estate such as offices and residential property. Currently Blackstone is a small player in the Netherlands, but the company has the potential to…