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Lack of urgency in answering parliamentary questions on critical report on the Dutch Garment Agreement
Following a critical research report on the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textiles (CKT) published in June, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag showed a worrying lack of urgency when…
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How tax havens like the Netherlands are draining developing countries of precious public funds
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Dutch tax treaty policy differs considerably from practice regarding developing countries
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…
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Theory and practice of the Dutch tax treaties with developing countries
The 2011 memorandum on Dutch tax treaty policy
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Dutch Garment Agreement takes up complaint against C&A
The Complaints and Disputes Committee of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles has informed SOMO, Action Labor Rights and the Clean Clothes Campaign that it will take up the complaint they submitted last…
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Time to start caring about cobalt
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Large insurers do not tackle abuse in cobalt mining
The nine largest insurance groups in the Netherlands (Achmea, Aegon, Allianz, ASR, CZ, Menzis, NN Group, VGZ and Vivat) do not do enough to prevent or tackle serious human rights violations in the cobalt sector….
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Victims of violence at Unilever tea plantation take complaint to the UN
A group of 218 current and former Kenyan tea workers have filed a formal complaint against Unilever today for its failure to respect international human rights standards following widespread violence at the multinational’s largest tea…
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Rio Tinto, don’t dodge the questions
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…
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Application of OECD guidelines by ‘Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textiles’ should be improved
There is still plenty of room for improving the standards in the Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textiles, concludes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in a report published on 15 July 2020….
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SOMO and Al-Haq submit report to UN on German multinational HeidelbergCement
SOMO and its partner organisation Al-Haq have submitted a report to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, suggesting to include German multinational HeidelbergCement in the yearly update of the UN Database of companies…
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G4S company scan
July 2020
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Five strategies corporations use to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses
Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions, disseminating distorted information – these are just a few of the ways that corporations try to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses and environmental damage across their supply…
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Mind the Gap
Corporate strategies to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses – summary
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Towards a new normal
What must change in the Myanmar garment industry post-Corona crisis – a research into the labour conditions of two factories
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Dutch parliament supports resolution on affordable and accessible corona vaccines
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