makeITfair partners

SOMO
Established in 1973, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) is a non-profit Dutch research and advisory bureau. SOMO investigates the consequences of Multinational Enterprises' (MNEs) policies and the internationalisation of business worldwide. SOMO’s expertise lies in the field of international guidelines, treaties and codes of conduct for MNEs, and it conducts research on compliance with related norms. Focus is placed upon research on labour conditions in the global South and cooperation with local organisations and trade unions.
Website: www.somo.nl

IRENE
IRENE has been stimulating and facilitating the exchange of information on labour issues since 1981 and has contacts, resources and a European programme of work which covers current international labour issues. IRENE is an international network on development education and aims to stimulate that international labour issues are taken up by NGOs and trade unions in their mainstream education and campaign programmes.
Website: www.irene-network.nl

Germanwatch
Germanwatch is a non-governmental organisation promoting North-South equity and the preservation of livelihoods. We observe and analyse politics and economics of the North with their worldwide consequences and interfere towards sustainable development. We work on climate protection, world trade, development policies, the financial sector and corporate accountability.
Website: http://www.germanwatch.org/

Verbraucher Initiative
Verbraucher Initiative was founded in 1995 as a member-based consumer organisation. Its work focuses on sustainable consumption and corporate accountability. Verbraucher Initiative publishes several services which aim at the idea of an informed and responsible acting consumer.
Website: http://www.verbraucher.org/

FinnWatch
FinnWatch collects, analyses and spreads information on the consequences
of Finnish companies’ operations on human and labour rights and the
environment in developing countries. FinnWatch is a network of seven
organisations: Service Centre for Development Cooperation (Kepa),
Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Central Organisation of
Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees
(STTK), Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland (SASK), Consumers and
Friends of the Earth Finland.
Website: http://www.finnwatch.org/

Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto, the SLL is the largest non-governmental organization for environmental protection and nature conservation in Finland. Its objectives include the promotion of sustainable production and consumption patterns and the protection of biodiversity. Website: http://www.sll.fi/

KARAT
A regional coalition of organizations and individuals that works to ensure gender equality in the Central & Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States countries. The coalition conducts research, capacity building, awareness raising and lobbying activities focusing on the needs and concerns of women in the Region related to their economic situation. Situation of women on the labour market and working conditions of women across the region are one of the main themes addressed by the Coalition.  KARAT members include NGOs from 22 countries.
Website: http://www.karat.org/

SwedWatch
A non-governmental organisation whose task is to critically examine Swedish business relations with developing countries focusing on environmental and social concerns. SwedWatch consists of five member organisations: The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Church of Sweden, Education for Aid Activities, Friends of the Earth Sweden and Fair Trade Center. SwedWatch is financed by the Swedish Development Aid Agency, Sida.
Website: www.swedwatch.org

Fair Trade Center
A Swedish non-governmental organisation (NGO). We have been promoting fair trade with developing countries since 1996. Our intention is to increase consumer and company awareness of social and environmental responsibility.
Website: www.fairtradecenter.se

Church of Sweden
Church of Sweden works for a just world without hunger, poverty or oppression. Church of Sweden works to exert an influence on public opinion in Sweden and with development co-operation and emergency relief together with local partners in about 40 countries.
Website: www.svenskakyrkan.se

Cividep
Cividep-India has helped workers organise, studied the effects of corporate activities on communities and the environment and campaigned with many other organisations and individuals for workers' rights and corporate accountability.
Website: http://www.cividep.org/

SACOM
Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) is a non-government organization (NGO) based in Hong Kong, China, founded in June 2005 by students, and later joined by other cultural and labor activists. SACOM's main goal is to monitor and campaign against corporate misbehavior that violates worker's rights, health, safety, welfare, and dignity in China. SACOM works with local and international students to monitor the entire supply chain and hold both the major buyers, usually brand-name multinational corporations, as well as their suppliers, accountable for all labor rights violations.
Website: http://www.sacom.hk