Western Sahara Resource Watch

If the #IFS logo is supposed to safeguard against #foodfraud, then why does it appear on products from occupied #WesternSahara wrongly labelled as Moroccan?
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability

Western Sahara Resource Watch | TÜV Rheinland gets the geography precisely wrong “The award for the most ironic company slogan goes to TÜV Rheinland”, stated WSRW.

🔴#TUVRheinland, the German certifier with the slogan “Precisely Right”, certifies a Moroccan company in occupied #WesternSahara - and refuses to acknowledge it's not #Morocco. More like "precisely political". Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/tuv-...
#DueDiligence #ISO

Occupation is not a backdrop.
✊ Join the hundreds of artists, journalists & human rights defenders who’ve signed @fisaharafilmfest.bsky.social’s manifesto opposing #ChristopherNolan’s #TheOdyssey shoot in occupied #WesternSahara.
👇👇👇

📣 The Alliance for Water Stewardship is whitewashing occupation.
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Airbnb kicks Morocco out of Western Sahara The home-sharing company has removed references to “Morocco” from locations in occupied Western Sahara. 

🚨 Kudos to #Airbnb! The firm has removed all references to "#Morocco” from listings in occupied #WesternSahara, following our letter! 🗺️✊
Will #hotelsdotcom and #Expedia follow this worthy lead?
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/airb...

EXPOSED: As the #EU–#Morocco trade deal nears annulment, Morocco’s agri-exporters are lobbying Brussels to keep trade flowing from occupied #WesternSahara - despite clear #CJEU rulings.
📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it.
wsrw.org/en/news/brus...

📢 Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer @carrefourgroup.bsky.social of deceptively marketing #Azura-brand tomatoes from #WesternSahara as “Moroccan”.
wsrw.org/en/news/comp...

French renewable company #Voltalia no longer reports on its ownership in a windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara in its most recent financial report to the French authorities.
But why?
wsrw.org/en/news/volt...

🔴 #Morocco’s push for “digital sovereignty” masks its denial of the #Saharawi people's sovereign rights.
How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Quality Austria travelled to occupied territory Representatives of the certification body Quality Austria inspected Moroccan fish exporting companies in occupied Western Sahara. Did the company know which country they had visited?

Representatives of the certification body #QualityAustria inspected Moroccan fish exporting companies in occupied #WesternSahara.
Did the company know which country they had visited? That is one of many questions the firm will not answer. #csr
wsrw.org/en/news/qual...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Denmark refused to advise company in occupied Western Sahara When the Danish renewable‑energy firm GreenGo Energy requested government guidance for its planned activities in Western Sahara, the Danish embassy declined.

Kudos to #Denmark 🇩🇰 for standing firm on international law. When Danish firm GreenGo sought support for a project in occupied #WesternSahara, the govt rightly said no. #BusinessEthics #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
wsrw.org/en/news/denm...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Emirati wind farm planned in occupied Western Sahara  A company from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied Western Sahara later this year.

A firm from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara later this year - another project that aids locking in #Morocco's occupation under the pretext of green energy, while sidelining the #Saharawi people’s rights.
wsrw.org/en/news/emir...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Olvea admits activities in occupied Western Sahara The French fish oil giant concedes presence in the occupied territory. 

📢 They finally admit it.
For years, Olvea avoided responding to our letters. The company does not mention it has operations in occupied #WesternSahara in any of its public reporting.
Until we dug up smoking-gun evidence...
wsrw.org/en/news/olve...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Australia finally finished phosphate imports The last remaining importer of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara in Australia has announced that it will no longer purchase the conflict mineral.

📢 Good news!
The last remaining importer of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in #Australia has announced that it will no longer purchase the conflict mineral.
#bhr #csr
wsrw.org/en/news/aust...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | What happened to the Dakhla bitcoin wind park? The long-promised Bitcoin wind farm in occupied Western Sahara has seemingly come to a complete standstill.

The long-promised Bitcoin wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara has seemingly come to a complete standstill.
wsrw.org/en/news/what...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Bureau Veritas backs Moroccan Prime Minister in occupied Western Sahara

🔴 #BureauVeritas will help Morocco’s Prime Minister build a wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...
#BusinessEthics #CSR #CorporateAccountability #BusinessAndHumanRights

📢Out now! The 2025 edition of P for Plunder!
Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved.
In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...

Development as Domination: Settler Tourism in Western Sahara and the Commodification of Occupied Territories in Trumpist International Law [Andrea Maria Pelliconi is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law & Global Justice at the University of Southampton, where she researches demographic engineering, displacement, and inter…

Happy to share my first piece in @opiniojuris.bsky.social on "Settler Tourism in #WesternSahara and the Commodification of Occupied Territories", where I take aim at @ryanairofficial.bsky.social & others and draw comparisons with Trump's plans for Palestine as Riviera
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/23/d...

Since 2019, we observed an annual small shipment of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara to an unknown importer in #Japan.
We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/japa...

Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied #WesternSahara to the #Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals.
wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Moroccan minister's windmills arriving occupied Western Sahara Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm are now arriving in the occupied territory.

Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara are now arriving in the territory. This time the project is part-owned by the Moroccan Prime Minister.
wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

Western Sahara Resource Watch | UN experts call on Morocco to stop demolishing Saharawi homes Eight UN rapporteurs call on Morocco to stop tearing down Saharawi property as the Kingdom expands green energy projects in occupied Western Sahara. 

Eight #UN rapporteurs call on #Morocco to stop tearing down #Saharawi property as the Kingdom expands green energy projects in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/un-e...
@siemensenergy.bsky.social @enelgroupit.bsky.social @gevernova.com

Western Sahara Resource Watch | Heidelberg Materials confirms supplying controversial projects in occupied Western Sahara The massive ports that Morocco is constructing in occupied Western Sahara are made with cement of the German multinational. 

Heidelberg Materials AG confirmed that it is supplying cement and concrete to #Morocco's construction of large-scale infrastructure projects in occupied #WesternSahara: the new ports of El Aaiún and #Dakhla.
wsrw.org/en/news/heid...

German insurance giant #Allianz confirms that it continues to provide services in occupied #WesternSahara through its Moroccan subsidiary Allianz Maroc - which will not shy away from celebrating one of the gravest violations of international law since the second World War.
wsrw.org/en/news/alli...

The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied #WesternSahara & a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to #Morocco proper – assisting Morocco in its blatant violation of international law & #Saharawi rights.
wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...

The Sahrawis: 50 years as refugees The conflict in Western Sahara – once a Spanish colony – has resulted in 5 decades of displacement for the Sahrawi people, with an estimated number of about 173,000 refugees living in 5 isolated camps...

The @ec.europa.eu’s aid to #WesternSahara refugees is appreciated. But it can do more: upholding EU Court rulings that bar extending EU-Morocco deals into occupied WS without #Saharawi consent will boost the #UN peace process that can end the hardship.

Good piece on the #Saharawi refugees' efforts to grow produce in their desert camps, to supplement waning humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile, produce tiled by large agri-businesses in their homeland #WesternSahara is used by #Morocco to try to normalise a brutal occupation.
worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/...

Bureau Veritas is increasingly assisting foreign corporations on the occupied territory of #WesternSahara, through participating in or sponsoring events and certifying Moroccan and foreign businesses in the territory.
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...

“2025 stands as a turning point. Without immediate and substantial reinvestment from the international community, the humanitarian response is at risk of unraveling.” #WesternSahara

“The political impasse surrounding the #WesternSahara conflict persists, with little apparent movement toward a negotiated solution. The extension of the MINURSO’s mandate provides little relief to a population that sees no end to its displacement.”