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On July 16 and 17, Buenos Aires (Argentina) will be the venue for the ‘People 20’ conference: a new initiative which will unite (finance, investment, trade and sustainability) experts from all over the world to…
This week, SOMO joined a group of European and Indonesian civil society organisations (including trade unions) in Brussels on the occasion of the 5th round of negotiations for an Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (IEU CEPA)….
A group of civil society organistions welcomes the European Commission’s proposed directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs). This directive represents a valuable opportunity to tackle UTPs across the Union and ensure that food supply chains work…
Publication / June 15, 2018 Sustainable finance in new EU legislation: focus on climate investment The European Commission (EC) launched its “Financing Sustainable Growth” action plan on sustainable finance on 8 and 22 March 2018….
A new age of debt crises in emerging economies is on the horizon. Debt levels have been rising across developing countries since the 2008 global financial crisis, on the back of favourable monetary policies in…
This week the OECD launched its new Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (the Guidance). Due diligence has emerged as the fundamental and essential behaviour expected of any responsible business. The 2011 revision of…
New report finds that complaint mechanisms have not remedied labour rights violations affecting girls and young women. Social Accountability International (SAI)Social Accountability International (SAI) – a social certification organisation for factories and organisations and the Ethical…
In the run-up to the general debate on Medicines policy on Thursday June 21st 2018, eight organizations in the Netherlands jointly sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament to inform them abouth their position concerning…
How the Dutch tax authority gave Shell’s foreign shareholders a gift of more than 7 billion euros. If the recent upheaval about the dividend tax in the Netherlands has taught us anything, it’s that Royal…
Tax Justice Netherlands started a campaign to stop the repeal of the Dutch dividend tax. The Dutch Cabinet is planning to introduce a bill in the Lower House in September to repeal the dividend tax….
ActionAid, CAFOD, CIDSE, Friends of the Earth Europe and SOMO sent the attached letter in which they provide substantive input and recommendations to various European bodies for the development of the European position with regard…
The Treaty Alliance sent the letter below to the member states of the United Nations. They call for a substantive contribution to the upcoming consultations in Geneva on the ‘Binding Treaty on Business and Human…
SOMO, TNI, Milieudefensie and Both ENDS have launched a new public consultation platform with the purpose to engage as many people as possible to influence the new blueprint for bilateral investment treaties (BITs): www.tijdvooreerlijkehandel.nl. The…
Letter to the Tanzanian government As SOMO works with several civil society and community based organisations on Business and Human Rights in Tanzania, we see the alarming trend of deteriorating civic space in the country….
