The overview below describes only controversial practices that were identified and not the positive achievements of a company in the same year, except for positive developments related to some of the practices from the overview for 2006. Information on positive achievements can usually be found in a company’s annual and/or sustainability report and on the company’s website. The purpose of this report is to provide additional information to shareholders and other stakeholders of a company on controversies that might or might not be detected and reported by the company itself.
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Rio Tinto: No progress, only hollow talk
Photo: Center for Biological Diversity As Rio Tinto prepares for its 9 April Annual General Meeting, campaign groups from five continents have come together to pressure the company to meet its commitments and answer demands…
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Tainted Tourism
Package holiday industry sustains Israel’s illicit settlements economy
European and North American tour operators regularly visit Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) and misleadingly market them as being in Israel, according to a report by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)…
Two election debates
SOMO is co-organising two debates (in Dutch) in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 17 March. Het Grote Buitenlanddebat – 24 February During the “Grote Buitenlanddebat”, candidate MPs will debate the role of the…
Debating mandatory human rights due diligence legislation: a reality check
Many countries are adopting or considering mandatory human rights due diligence legislation. In April 2020, the EU Commissioner for Justice committed to an EU-wide initiative on corporate due diligence, to be presented in 2021. These…
Re-cap: 2020 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rights
The final week of October saw the sixth round of negotiations for a Binding UN Treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. As in previous years, SOMO participated. However, this…
Farewell interview with Ronald Gijsbertsen
Livecast ‘The end of corporate power?’
The power of multinationals will be discussed online on Friday 30 October, to mark the departure of Ronald Gijsbertsen as SOMOs executive director after 17 years. Speakers including, Channah Samkalden (law firm Prakken D’Olivera) and…
Oil trader Vitol silent about its activities in high-risk Nigeria
Oil trader Vitol is one of the world’s biggest companies, yet its operations have largely remained under the radar. A new report by SOMO and CISLAC sheds light on Vitol’s activities in the high-risk oil…