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Dutch Bilateral Investment Treaties
60 years of protecting multinationals
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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…
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SOMO position paper on draft Critical Raw Materials Regulation
On March 16, 2023, the European Commission presented a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials…
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“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…
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A little downstream goes a long way
How downstream due diligence can prevent and mitigate harm
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Fintech’s red flags
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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…
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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…
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How Mozambique’s tax treaties enable tax avoidance
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Pharma’s pandemic profits
Pharma profits from COVID-19 vaccines
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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…
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Can the EU protect citizens from Amazon’s deal to buy eyes inside our homes?
The iRobot Amazon merger
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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…
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