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News / June 1, 2023

Vacancy – Policy and Advocacy Officer OECD Watch

Would you like to work for an organisation focused on challenging corporate power and holding corporations accountable for harmful impacts on people and the environment? Are you proactive with an eye for detail and the…

Statement / May 17, 2023

SOMO position paper on draft Critical Raw Materials Regulation

On March 16, 2023, the European Commission presented a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials…

Colombia coal Cesar
News / April 20, 2023

“Blood coal” complaint alleges complicity of European energy companies in abuses

Colombian victims of “blood coal” are in the Netherlands on Thursday 20 April to file a complaint against energy companies RWE, Vattenfall, Uniper, and Engie for their contribution to severe human rights violations surrounding coal…

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Publication / April 12, 2023

A little downstream goes a long way

How downstream due diligence can prevent and mitigate harm
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News / March 7, 2023

Electric vehicles are a good thing – but not if everybody owns one

As the EU prepares to formally approve a new regulation to improve the sustainability of batteries used in electric vehicles, SOMO has published a powerful set of data visualisations showing the huge planned increase in…

News / February 27, 2023

Big Pharma raked in USD 90 billion in profits with COVID-19 vaccines

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, and Sinovac made an extraordinary USD 90 billion in profits on their COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in 2021 and 2022. SOMO’s new report Pharma’s Pandemic Profits shows that these enormous gains are…

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Publication / February 27, 2023

Pharma’s pandemic profits

Pharma profits from COVID-19 vaccines
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Iran protest
News / January 30, 2023

Urgent need for EU legislative action to keep European surveillance tech out of Iran

As Iran rages with protests for democracy and human rights, camera surveillance has become one of the primary tools used by Iran’s authoritarian regime to identify opponents and oppress the population. Against the backdrop of…

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Long read / January 30, 2023

Caught on camera: How CCTV tech contributes to human rights abuse in Iran

European technology companies and investors that fail to do risk-based downstream due diligence risk contributing to severe human rights violations committed by repressive regimes, such as in Iran
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Publication / December 16, 2022

Setting the record straight

Downstream due diligence
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Statement / December 5, 2022

Groups react with dismay to FMO’s position statement on Financial Intermediaries, pointing to outstanding human rights and climate concerns

On October 13th 2022, FMO published the final version of its Position Statement on Impact and ESG for Financial Intermediaries (FI statement). As civil society groups which have engaged with FMO on this topic for…

Opinion / December 2, 2022

Europe ignores exploitation, when it comes to coal from Colombia

Joseph Wilde-Ramsing
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Publication / November 25, 2022

A piece, not a proxy

The European Commission’s dangerous overreliance on industry schemes, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and third-party auditing in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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News / November 24, 2022

Industry schemes must not be part of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence includes a dangerous overreliance on industry schemes, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and third-party auditing, a briefing paper by SOMO concludes. Publication / November 25, 2022…

Long read / November 17, 2022

Climate finance as a business model

How Dutch climate negotiators colluded with business and undermined climate finance for developing countries
News / November 2, 2022

SOMO welcomes game-changing Dutch bill on mandatory due diligence

The ‘Bill on Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct’, submitted to the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday by six Dutch political parties is set to be a game changer in the field of corporate accountability. SOMO…

News / October 28, 2022

Telenor and civil society move forward in mediation over digital security of Myanmar citizens

Telenor and 474 civil society organizations from Myanmar, represented by SOMO, have reached a preliminary agreement in an ongoing mediation process related to the Norwegian telecoms operator’s rushed exit from Myanmar in 2021. The memorandum…

Statement / October 13, 2022

EU and UN instruments must work in tandem to guarantee justice

The UN Treaty aimed at regulating the activities of transnational corporations and other businesses (also commonly referred to as the Legally Binding Instrument, or LBI), and the proposed EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence…

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