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The energy transition is leading to an unprecedented global surge in mining, an industry notorious for human rights violations and environmental destruction. Holding companies and investors accountable for abuses is challenging, particularly if they are…
As a result of the ‘Spinning around Workers’ Rights‘ report, recently published by SOMO, the Dutch member of parliament, Gijs van Dijk (Socialist Party) has asked tabled questions in parliament for outgoing minister Kaag. Answering…
In the final days of 2020, the EU and China reached a political agreement on a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Friends and foes alike were taken by surprise by the sudden rush to conclude…
For almost two decades, ViacomCBS has been using the Netherlands to avoid paying at least US$ 4 billion in corporate income tax in the United States. This is the main conclusion from the new SOMO…
There is a serious risk that workers are trapped in forced labour conditions in the Indian spinning mills that produce yarn and fabrics for the international clothing and textile industry. Large-scale research undertaken by SOMO…
SOMO and other NGOs welcome the fact that FMO has ceased negotiations on a $60 million loan to the Honduran bank Ficohsa. Unfortunately this does not dispel all our concerns. For instance, we do not…
Five years after the business rush to Iran following the nuclear deal, multinationals providing telecom technologies to Iran must seriously step up their efforts to avoid causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts, the…
German energy giants RWE and Uniper are using the Energy Charter Treaty to seek compensation for poor investment decisions in the Netherlands. The billion-euro claims the companies have filed against the Dutch government in response…
The Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines today announced they would accept a complaint against Pluspetrol, a multinational oil firm headquartered in an Amsterdam mailbox. The decision gives Indigenous communities in the oil…
