In April of this year, Dutch political parties GroenLinks (Greens), SP (Socialists) and PvdA (Social-Democrats) proposed a new law in the battle against corporate tax avoidance. The reason for this new legislation was the media’s disclosure of the fact that Shell hasn’t paid any income tax in The Netherlands for years.
Read the full blog here in Dutch.
When the Netherlands concludes tax treaties with developing countries, the treaties contain lower rates than promised on the basis of Dutch policy. As a result, developing countries are missing out on badly needed revenues, and…
On 13 May, SOMO and seven other organisations that put questions to Rio Tinto at its London AGM on 8 April wrote an open letter to Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Office, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, because the…
SOMO and seven other NGOs have sent a joint letter to mining multinational Rio Tinto to formally complain about the lack of response to questions raised by shareholders and proxy attendees at the company’s Annual…
In this online story, SOMO and the Mongolian NGO OT Watch show how international corporate and diplomatic pressure over the past 30 years prevents Mongolia to profit from its own natural resources. The story is a follow…
On 11 March 2020, indigenous leaders from Peru file a complaint against oil company Pluspetrol to the National Contact Point for the OECD guidelines, supported by amongst others SOMO and Oxfam Novib. Originally an Argentinian…
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