SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
🔎 Non-profit investigating multinationals.
🎯 Critical, independent, and factual.
🌍 Mission: a world where people & planet > profit!
💻 More info at somo.nl
- Google wants to buy Israeli-American cybersecurity company Wiz. But if the deal goes through, Europe will be even more dependent on tech giants. If Europe wants to protect competitive cloud markets and digital sovereignty, it must investigate the deal ⚠️ Read more: www.somo.nl/google-to-ab...
- (1/2) Meetings today at Norwegian Parliament on Telenor’s role in human rights abuses in Myanmar. After the 2021 coup, Telenor disclosed sensitive customer data to the junta, enabling arrests, torture & executions. A lawsuit is coming while the Parliament investigates the gov’s role. More soon!
- Shell's operations in Groningen have triggered earthquakes, damaged thousands of homes and left entire communities traumatised. Now, instead of paying compensation and repairing its mess, Shell is suing the Dutch state for shutting down the gas field 🚨 Full analysis: www.somo.nl/shell-files-...
- New year, same old patterns. 😒 When will we see wealth inequalities and tax justice on the WEF agenda? Endless growth and AI won't save the world. #Davos #Davos2026
- 2026 will be a tough year, especially for anyone trying to challenge power. More than ever, we need the hope to come from standing up together, with courage. At SOMO, we plan to shift gears to respond as best we can to what is needed. Watch this space for more. (1/2)
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- With Google's looming acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, Europe needs to start seriously scrutinising the Big Tech firm's plans and commit to upholding competitive cloud security markets and protecting digital sovereignty. Op-ed fresh off the press: www.techpolicy.press/googles-wiz-...
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- The intervention in Venezuela and the detention of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife violate Venezuela’s right to self-determination as well as international law.
- Lawyers representing Al-Haq, @almezan.bsky.social, SOMO, and @therightsforum.bsky.social informed police dog exporter Four Winds of our intent to take legal action to force the company to disclose information in relation to any supply of dogs to Israel.
- The Omnibus final vote is today 🚨 Will members of the European Parliament bend to the wishes of the ‘Competitiveness Roundtable’ - a secret alliance mostly made up of US fossil fuel companies? The EU must stand up against corporate capture ⚠️ Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
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- Final NCP ruling: Telenor violated the OECD Guidelines in its disengagement from Myanmar 🚨 Telenor should now take an active role in remediation and provide financial support to a Myanmar digital security relief mechanism, according to the decision. Read more: www.somo.nl/telenor-fail...
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- On paper, carbon offsets could sound like a good opportunity for Kenya. But the facts show a different reality 🚩 As the country opens its carbon market, (neo)colonial power imbalances and unequal land systems risk being deepened. Read our investigation: www.somo.nl/carbon-the-n...
- The Dutch government made a €2 billion deal with Tata Steel, the country’s largest emitter, to help it reduce its emissions. The problem here? The €2 billion figure is incorrect.❌ We looked into the true costs of this deal and found they are much higher. Full analysis: www.somo.nl/tata-steel-d...
- 🚨Exposed: how a secretive alliance of US companies is working to tear down the CSDDD. They: - Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament - Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries - Paid for a think tank report Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
- Monopoly power has expanded from control over factories and machines to control over knowledge, patents, and data. Our new analysis shows how Big Pharma increasingly profit without producing by owning intellectual property and dominating innovation networks rather than building things themselves. ⬇️
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- 🚨BREAKING | 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists given access to #COP30 in Brazil EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change
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- Brazilian President Lula’s call for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels is resounding around #COP30. But justice must be at the centre of the phase-out.🚨 📣 Together with an international network of civil society organisations, we're calling for responsible divestment from fossil fuels. 1/2
- As #COP30 begins, we’ll hear a lot about carbon markets, hailed as a “key climate solution”. The Brazilian govt., together with the EU & China, has launched the Open Coalition on Carbon Markets, which risks worsening global inequalities and the climate crisis. 🚫Why carbon offsets don’t work (1/4)
- 🚨 Groundbreaking element of yesterday’s ruling in the case our coalition of Dutch and Palestinian organisations brought against the Dutch State: the court recognised the serious risk that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and violating international humanitarian law: www.somo.nl/dutch-court-...
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- #COP30 is starting in just a few days in Brazil. How has corporate capture derailed true climate action at COP and how can we change course? Read our full analysis: www.somo.nl/from-cop-to-...
- Who are UN climate talks really serving? 🤔 What we see: 🚩 Big polluters as sponsors 🚩 Fossil fuel executives in presidency teams 🚩 Multinationals included in negotiation 🚩 Fossil fuel phase-out missing from the agenda 🚩 Spotlight on corporate-driven "solutions" e.g. carbon offsets #COP30 (1/3)
- On 6 November the Court of Appeal in The Hague will issue its ruling on the case against the Dutch State, brought by our coalition of Palestinian and Dutch organisations to demand action to prevent genocide in Gaza and end settlement trade. Read up about the case: www.somo.nl/dutch-state-... 1/2
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- When activists reach out to us, they're often stuck in a frustrating situation: corporate harm is clear, but the link to those responsible is hard to prove 🤯 SOMO's free helpdesk, The Counter, helps find that missing link🔍 Need help exposing corporate harm? Get in touch ➡️ www.somo.nl/the-counter/
