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News / May 23, 2023

60 years of Dutch investment treaties is no cause for celebration

The Netherlands celebrates 60 years of bilateral investment treaties on 23 May. In 1963, the Netherlands concluded its first treaty with Tunisia. These treaties should play an important role in protecting foreign investments by Dutch…

Colombia coal Cesar
News / April 20, 2023

“Blood coal” complaint alleges complicity of European energy companies in abuses

Colombian victims of “blood coal” are in the Netherlands on Thursday 20 April to file a complaint against energy companies RWE, Vattenfall, Uniper, and Engie for their contribution to severe human rights violations surrounding coal…

News / March 27, 2023

Fintech is expanding – and so are the risks

Fintech – the use of technology to deliver financial services – is expanding globally. Millions of people now use financial technology applications and tools on a regular basis and access services. Yet, as SOMO’s new…

News / March 21, 2023

SOMO is delighted to welcome Fernanda Hopenhaym as the newest member of its Supervisory Board.

Fernanda Hopenhaym is the Co-Executive Director of the Project on Organizing, Development, Education and Research (PODER), an organisation in Latin America dedicated to corporate accountability. She is an expert on the impacts of corporations on…

News / March 20, 2023

Tax treaties deprive Mozambique of hundreds of millions of US dollars

Mozambique’s tax treaty network is depriving the country of hundreds of millions of US dollars in tax revenue each year, particularly through its treaties with Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Seventy percent of…

News / March 8, 2023

SOMO launches The Counter – a global help desk for activists challenging corporate power

We are delighted to announce that SOMO is setting up a pro bono investigations unit to help activists counter corporate power! (Press Release English | Spanish | French | Dutch) The Counter, which will go live…

Tesla factory Berlin
News / March 7, 2023

Electric vehicles are a good thing – but not if everybody owns one

As the EU prepares to formally approve a new regulation to improve the sustainability of batteries used in electric vehicles, SOMO has published a powerful set of data visualisations showing the huge planned increase in…

News / February 27, 2023

Big Pharma raked in USD 90 billion in profits with COVID-19 vaccines

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, and Sinovac made an extraordinary USD 90 billion in profits on their COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in 2021 and 2022. SOMO’s new report Pharma’s Pandemic Profits shows that these enormous gains are…

News / February 20, 2023

Sex for a tea job: the abuse continues

New investigations by the BBC show that managers at two of the biggest tea farms in Kenya, James Finlay Kenya and Ekaterra, continue to demand sex from women in exchange for work. SOMO researcher Sanne…

News / February 2, 2023

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…

Iran protest
News / January 30, 2023

Urgent need for EU legislative action to keep European surveillance tech out of Iran

As Iran rages with protests for democracy and human rights, camera surveillance has become one of the primary tools used by Iran’s authoritarian regime to identify opponents and oppress the population. Against the backdrop of…

News / December 6, 2022

European companies silent about their links to labour rights issues in Bangladesh tanneries

Leather tanneries in Bangladesh are well-known for their poor working conditions. Although it is clear that companies like Bristol, Scapino, and Wortmann (known for the brands Caprice and Marco Tozzi) source leather shoes from Bangladesh,…

Bern, Switzerland
News / November 30, 2022

Dutch court dismisses damage claims by RWE and Uniper

The Dutch government will not have to pay damages to energy giants RWE and Uniper, a Dutch court in The Hague ruled today. The energy companies had filed claims of EUR 1.4 billion and EUR…

News / November 24, 2022

Industry schemes must not be part of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence includes a dangerous overreliance on industry schemes, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and third-party auditing, a briefing paper by SOMO concludes. Publication / November 25, 2022…

News / November 3, 2022

Luxury brands must reveal the origin of their leather goods

Luxury brands including Armani, Versace, Michael Kors and Coach don’t provide key information on the origin of their leather products. An analysis carried out by SOMO shows that 35 out of 44 luxury brands examined…

News / November 2, 2022

SOMO welcomes game-changing Dutch bill on mandatory due diligence

The ‘Bill on Responsible and Sustainable International Business Conduct’, submitted to the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday by six Dutch political parties is set to be a game changer in the field of corporate accountability. SOMO…

News / October 28, 2022

Telenor and civil society move forward in mediation over digital security of Myanmar citizens

Telenor and 474 civil society organizations from Myanmar, represented by SOMO, have reached a preliminary agreement in an ongoing mediation process related to the Norwegian telecoms operator’s rushed exit from Myanmar in 2021. The memorandum…

News / October 19, 2022

The Netherlands wants to exit Energy Charter Treaty

In a parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Dutch minister of Energy and Climate Rob Jetten spoke out in favour of exiting the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). In doing so, he responded to a broad call from…

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