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How Shell used the Dutch-Nigerian trade agreement to obtain the rights to the lucrative OPL 245 oil field.
Shell put Nigeria under pressure with ISDS process to obtain oil field OPL 245
Shell used the investment agreement between the Netherlands and Nigeria to obtain a lucrative oil field at remarkably good conditions. This follows from internal e-mails from the oil company. Friends of the Earth Netherlands and…
Investment Funds
The untold story about the link between Dutch banks and industrial palm oil companies
Dutch banks unconsciously allow consumers to invest in palm oil companies
Private investors have been investing unwillingly and unintentionally in palm oil companies for years. By investing in funds offered by ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank, they invest in these companies without being informed about this…
Dutch campaign against the repeal of the dividend tax started
Tax Justice Netherlands started a campaign to stop the repeal of the Dutch dividend tax. The Dutch Cabinet is planning to introduce a bill in the Lower House in September to repeal the dividend tax….
Public consultation platform launched to influence Dutch investment treaties
SOMO, TNI, Milieudefensie and Both ENDS have launched a new public consultation platform with the purpose to engage as many people as possible to influence the new blueprint for bilateral investment treaties (BITs): www.tijdvooreerlijkehandel.nl. The…
Mutual capacity development
A modern and effective approach for fair, green and global change
The shrinking space for civil society
Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a vital role in safeguarding a society that is socially just, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. However, there is a worrying trend that the space for CSOs to operate in is…
Sign the petition: Human rights before business
Every day, communities and workers around the globe are adversely impacted by corporations – their land is confiscated, their environment heavily polluted, or their labor conditions are inhumane. In many countries and contexts, these people…
The Big #TTIPalarm Festival
Would you like to know what the latest developments are relating to the TTIP and CETA treaties, and what is contained in the #TTIPleaks documents? Are you curious which types of trade arrangement contribute to…
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