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A greener and fairer way out of the crisis?
In the run-up to the European elections, SOMO and partners in the Fair Green and Global (FGG) Alliance are organising an electoral debate in De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam (23 April). Sandra Rottenberg will be…
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Ten recommendations from the field
Editorial SOMO News: TTIP and democracy
How can we regain democratic control and influence processes that threaten to undermine it? These are relevant questions in view of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The TTIP is negotiated…
FGG Alliance and ABP/APG make joint statement regarding OECD complaint
As part of an international coalition of NGOs, the Fair Green & Global Alliance (FGG) filed an OECD complaint in 2012 against pension fund ABP and its fund asset manager All Pension Group (APG), who…
Balancing Trade and Aid
With the arrival of the Rutte II cabinet, a wish of the members of the Fair, Green and Global Alliance (FGG) has come true; trade and global development are under the supervision of the same…
Balancing Trade and Aid
Recommendations from the Fair, Green and Global Alliance to Minister Ploumen
International NGO coalition files complaint against Korean steel giant POSCO and financing pension funds
Lok Shakti Abhiyan, an Indian organization representing a broad civil society movement and supporting coalitions in South Korea, Netherlands, and Norway filed complaints with the South Korean, Dutch, and Norwegian governments today. The complaint concerns…
Partner news – Public demonstrations and court cases influence actions of Shell
‘We have succeeded in reaching a broader audience again,’ says Geert Ritsema, campaign manager for Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), about the recently concluded public campaign Worse Than Bad. The campaign is demanding that…