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The Energy Charter Treaty
An obstacle to the energy transition
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Testing the occupation
Identifying mislabelled food from illegal Israeli settlements in European supermarkets through isotopic testing
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SOMO welcomes new funding from the Ford Foundation
SOMO is pleased to announce a substantial investment by the Ford Foundation in our work and organisational development. In 2022, SOMO will receive $1,395,000. Ford’s Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) grants focus on helping social justice…
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European Union: rules for batteries should cover bauxite, copper, iron
The European Union’s proposed batteries regulation should require importers and manufacturers to source the bauxite, copper, and iron used in batteries responsibly, a coalition of 16 organizations said today. The coalition includes Amnesty International, Earthworks,…
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How Dutch pension are disposing of their Russian investments
Together with Follow the Money, SOMO investigated how pension funds are disposing of their investments in Russian bonds and shares. A month ago, PFZW (one of the biggest Dutch pension funds) and other pension funds…
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At least sixteen Gazprom subsidiaries in the Netherlands
The largest gas company in the world, Gazprom, has at least sixteen Dutch subsidiaries in Amsterdam, SOMO-research finds. The Russian state-owned company falls outside the current sanction rules, which means that Gazprom’s Dutch letterbox companies…
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Enabling Putin’s war
The ties between Amsterdam’s financial centre and Gazprom
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Pay and the pandemic
The decoupling of Dutch boardroom pay from performance during the Covid-19 outbreak
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CEO salaries rise sharply despite corona crisis
Despite the corona crisis, the incomes of CEOs and other top managers of the biggest publicly listed Dutch companies have increased, according to research by the University of Groningen and SOMO. Even though average company…
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Financially strong investor ready to take the Dutch housing market by storm
Blackstone has more than US$ 46.1 billion ready to buy worldwide real estate such as offices and residential property. Currently Blackstone is a small player in the Netherlands, but the company has the potential to…
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Blackstone as new landlord
How large investors are gaining ground on the Dutch housing market
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European Parliament approval of draft Batteries Regulation is a welcome step towards just energy transition
SOMO and GoodElectronics welcome the EU draft legislation on batteries approved on Thursday by the European Parliament and call on EU member states to agree on the text without delays or attempts to water it…
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Norway and Telenor could be held responsible under international law for human rights abuses resulting from Myanmar deal: legal experts
In a legal memo released today, two renowned international law experts recommend that Telenor Group and M1 Group suspend the proposed sale of Telenor’s subsidiary in Myanmar, while they conduct suitable due diligence and allow…
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Why global financial decisions matter for women
SOMO Paper
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How G20 finance decisions lead to global inequality
SOMO Paper
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Myanmar citizen files data protection complaint against Telenor for dangerous breach of privacy
A Myanmar citizen has filed a complaint at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority against telecom multinational Telenor Group, seeking to halt the dangerous transfer of control over sensitive user data in the sale of its…
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Creating a digital level playing field
A handful of tech companies have become global gatekeepers to the modern world. Companies including Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft set the terms of communication for billions of internet users and have a sphere of…
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Tread cautiously
Due diligence, responsible business conduct, and business relationships with land rights violators
