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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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Vacancy: Climate Justice Researcher
Are you concerned about the looming climate crisis and critical of how powerful corporations that got us into this crisis are now seeking to ‘lead’ an unjust energy transition that will further entrench their interests?…
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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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Vacancies: corporate researchers
Are you looking for a job in a dynamic and international organisation? Are you a curious person who loves to disentangle complex information and make it understandable? Are you committed to address corporate power and…
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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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New UK legal case on Niger Delta oil spills – a litmus test for justice in the energy transition
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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…
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Caught on camera: How CCTV tech contributes to human rights abuse in Iran
European technology companies and investors that fail to do risk-based downstream due diligence risk contributing to severe human rights violations committed by repressive regimes, such as in Iran
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Setting the record straight
Downstream due diligence
