5/23/22, 1:14 AM SOMO representing 474 Myanmar CSOs vs. Telenor ASA - OECD Watch COMPLAINT SOMO representing 474 Myanmar CSOs vs. Telenor ASA Telenor’s irresponsible disengagement from service in Myanmar Date filed 27 July 2021 Keywords Digitalisation, (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_keyword=digitalisation) Disclosure, (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_keyword=disclosure) Due diligence, (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_keyword=due-diligence) Human rights (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_keyword=human-rights) Countries of harm Myanmar (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_country=myanmar) Current status Under review Sectors Security & Defense, (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_sector=security-defense) Technology & Telecoms (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database/? fwp_oecd_complaint_sector=technology-telecoms) NCP NCP Norway (https://www.oecdwatch.org/ncp/ncp-norway/) Allegations On 27 July 2021, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) on behalf of 474 Myanmar-based civil society organisations submitted a complaint against Telenor ASA to the Norwegian NCP. The complaint contends that Telenor’s sale of its Myanmar business to the Lebanese company M1 Group fails to meet the standards of responsible disengagement set out in the OECD Guidelines, in three key respects: 1. Telenor has failed to conduct appropriate risk-based due diligence and has failed to seek to prevent or mitigate adverse human rights impacts potentially arising from the sale of its Myanmar operations. 2. Telenor has failed to meaningfully engage with relevant stakeholders in relation to the sale of Telenor https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaint/somo-representing-474-myanmar-csos-vs-telenor-asa/ 1/3