🚨 We're launching the International Principles for Responsible Divestment from Fossil Fuels 📢
Developed by SOMO, AIDA and SDN, the principles build on existing guidelines but put people and justice at the centre.
✍️ Support the principles, add your organisation's name:
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Stiglitz, Piketty, Ghosh, Chang and over 200 other experts call for an "unwinding" of ISDS
Writing to Colombian president Petro, ahead of the fossil fuel transition conf he will host next month, they say ISDS is a system for "paying polluters" that stands in the way of that transition
#stopISDS
Ik mocht een stukje schrijven voor de GBB-krant over het juridische gevecht aan de 'achterkant'. Wie betaalt straks de rekening voor de schade en het herstel in Groningen?
@g-b-b.bsky.social @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
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Grote bedrijven doen nog steeds bizar weinig om hun uitstoot te verminderen. ExxonMobil bungelt onderaan.
Tegelijkertijd claimt het bedrijf miljarden aan compensatie voor Gronings gas dat het niet meer kan winnen. #ISDS
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Thierry van Aartsen (VVD) heeft als minister van werk en participatie de opdracht om de grootste afbraak van de sociale zekerheid in decennia vorm te geven
Het is nog maar 1 verkiezingscampagne geleden dat bestaanszekerheid een ding was
Ahold Delhaize sleept Servië voor internationaal tribunaal omdat het land supermarktwinsten tijdelijk begrensde om voedsel betaalbaar te houden. Bedrijven die overheden aanklagen omdat zij burgers beschermen: precies wat er mis is met dit systeem #ISDS
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‼️ #Exxon and #Shell have both launched #ISDS claims against the Netherlands for its closure of the Groningen gas field.
Read fresh analysis of the claims from one of the leading Dutch ISDS experts @bjverbeek.bsky.social—exclusively in @iisd.org Investment Treaty News!
➡️ lnkd.in/eTpEFAdu
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-...
Excellent article on the dark side of gas extraction in Groningen, and on how Shell and ExxonMobil are trying to evade their responsibility through secret arbitration procedures #ISDS.
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Wingtech is preparing an #ISDS claim of no less than $8 billion (!) against the Dutch State, based on the bilateral investment treaty between China and the Netherlands, due to the intervention in #Nexperia.
#StopISDS
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Belangrijke oproep @sandrabeckerman.bsky.social @christinepvdd.bsky.social om geen arbitrageclausules meer op te nemen in afspraken en overeenkomsten met bedrijven. We zien de gevolgen daarvan in het Groningen-dossier.
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Onbegrijpelijk 🤦
Ja dat viel me ook op, maar ik neem aan dat @svanoosterhout.bsky.social deze moties ook steunt aangezien dit ook in het @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social verkiezingsprogramma staat.
Bij de stemmingen over moties, straks om 15:00 uur.
Vanmiddag kan de Tweede Kamer duidelijk kiezen: versterk democratische ruimte, zet een streep door #ISDS.
ISDS geeft bedrijven als Shell en ExxonMobil een machtig drukmiddel, verschuift besluiten naar geheime arbitrage en bedreigt klimaat- en energiebeleid met miljardenclaims.
Russian oligarchs are launching massive challenges to EU sanctions in secretive tribunals
Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims
How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
ALT text: Promotional poster for the European premiere of the documentary The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa, co-organized by Corporate Europe Observatory and Lava. The background shows a person standing on a barren, sandy landscape under a grey sky. Text reads: The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa – European Premiere Thursday, 27 November 2025, 19:00–21:00 Cinema Vendôme, Chau. de Wavre 18, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium Programme: • Welcome + screening • Panel discussion • Drinks (Bar ZonnekloP) Free registration! Logos for Corporate Europe Observatory and Lava appear in the top left corner.
🍿Last chance to catch the premiere of CEO’s documentary “The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” featuring the voices and stories of some of the most affected communities in South Africa that are being ignored by EU politicians.
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
The Critical Raw Materials Act is in the spotlight at EU Raw Materials Week.
We looked at the companies behind EU strategic mineral projects outside EU borders – and found potentially serious gaps in human rights policies and practices. Read the report: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
A new network of scholars, activists and organizers influenced by Marxism in the Netherlands @marxism-nl.bsky.social wil be launched on Dec 3 at an event at Pakhuis de Zwijger.
This is the website of the network
marxism-nl.org/en
This is the event on Dec 3
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ExxonMobil and Shell - responsible for the damage in #Groningen - are among the many fossil fuel companies at #COP30 working to protect their interests.
It’s long past time to bar fossil lobbyists from climate negotiations!
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Why phasing out fossil fuels must top the agenda at #COP30.
Groningen was hit today by its strongest quake in years — a reminder that decades of gas extraction keep shaking communities even after the wells close. The human cost of fossil dependence persists.
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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.
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🚨 Petrogas sues the Netherlands over public-interest fiscal measures:
💰 Windfall profits tax in fossil fuels
🏦 Withholding tax to curb tax avoidance
#ISDS allows companies to challenge fair taxation of corporate profits.
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
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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)
The Dutch government signed a deal with Tata Steel to decarbonize the IJmuiden steel plant - with €2 billion in state support.
No arbitration clause this time: disputes go to Dutch courts only 👏
Looks like they learned from the Shell/ExxonMobil #Groningen cases.
🚨 Chinees moederbedrijf #Nexperia schakelt internationale advocaten in om juridische stappen tegen Nederland te verkennen.
Via het investeringsverdrag met China kan #Wingtech #ISDS inzetten om Nederlandse veiligheidsmaatregelen aan te vechten.
📢 #StopISDS
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From Entebbe to Accra: Day 1 of the West Africa Civil Society Forum on Aligning Investment Policy Frameworks with Climate and Sustainable Development Goals.
#ActionAidGhana @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
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