Shell
How much of Shell’s 2022 record profits will be registered in tax havens? Probably quite a lot.
Shell announced it made a record, eye-watering, $39.9 billion profits in 2022, as the world is facing multiple global crises. Analysis of Shell’s tax transparency reports over the past several years show that a substantial…
New UK legal case on Niger Delta oil spills – a litmus test for justice in the energy transition
The Shell climate verdict: a major win for mandatory due diligence and corporate accountability
Quick profits, lasting damages
Shell’s legal weapon to threaten a just energy future
Shell incapable of meaningful role in energy transition
Shell will fail to achieve even the most modest climate targets if it is not forced to make immediate structural changes, SOMO concludes in its report Still playing the Shell Game. The report identifies four…
Still playing the Shell Game
Four ways Shell impedes the just transition
Will Dutch multinationals pay their taxes this time?
ABDUP: an influential lobby for Dutch multinationals
Based on a ‘freedom of information’ request and research by SOMO, Platform Authentieke Journalistiek (Platform Authentic Journalism) published an article, for Follow The Money, about a lobby for Dutch multinationals called ABDUP. This lobby represents…
Organisations urge Dutch Minister to avoid settlement with Shell
Several organisations, including SOMO, have urged the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security, Mr. Grapperhaus, to avoid seeking a (potential) settlement with Shell in what could be the largest corruption case ever in the oil…
Shell’s tax privileges: Dutch treasury missed out on an additional €893 million in 2018
Dutch treasury missed out on an additional €893 million
SOMO supports ‘climate lawsuit’ against Shell
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…
Bend or break
How Shell used an international investment treaty to browbeat Nigeria into a lucrative deal on OPL 245 oil field
Shell pressured Nigeria with ISDS process to obtain oil field OPL 245
In Bend or Break, SOMO and Friends of the Earth Netherlands reveal how Shell used a bilateral investment treaty between the Netherlands and Nigeria to secure the rights over a lucrative oil field. Publication /…
Tax avoidance or state aid?
How the Dutch tax authority gave Shell’s foreign shareholders a gift of more than 7 billion euros. If the recent upheaval about the dividend tax in the Netherlands has taught us anything, it’s that Royal…
Removing Barriers to Justice
How a treaty on business and human rights could improve access to remedy for victims
ActionAid and SOMO reveal billion dollar tax break benefiting Shell, Total and Eni
Publication / January 1, 2016 How Shell, Total and Eni benefit from tax breaks in Nigeria’s gas industry The case of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) Oil giants Shell, Total and Eni have received…