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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 /…
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…
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…
