In the 2018 annual report, you can find an overview of the projects, highlights, organisational developments, and financial details of SOMO.
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Leather tanneries in Bangladesh are well-known for their poor working conditions. Although it is clear that companies like Bristol, Scapino, and Wortmann (known for the brands Caprice and Marco Tozzi) source leather shoes from Bangladesh,…
Groups react with dismay to FMO’s position statement on Financial Intermediaries, pointing to outstanding human rights and climate concerns
On October 13th 2022, FMO published the final version of its Position Statement on Impact and ESG for Financial Intermediaries (FI statement). As civil society groups which have engaged with FMO on this topic for…
Europe ignores exploitation, when it comes to coal from Colombia
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The Dutch government will not have to pay damages to energy giants RWE and Uniper, a Dutch court in The Hague ruled today. The energy companies had filed claims of EUR 1.4 billion and EUR…
A piece, not a proxy
The European Commission’s dangerous overreliance on industry schemes, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and third-party auditing in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Industry schemes must not be part of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence includes a dangerous overreliance on industry schemes, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and third-party auditing, a briefing paper by SOMO concludes. Publication / November 25, 2022…
Give non-state actors access to customs trade information
SOMO and 55 other civil society organisations and trade unions wrote an open letter to the European Commission on the ongoing revision of the Union Customs legislation. They call on the Commission to ensure that…