The world’s largest certification scheme for “safe and sustainable animal feed” does not check whether its certified fish feed companies source from illegal fisheries in occupied Western Sahara, where catches violate the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.
Certification scheme ends involvement with Azura Group and declares that no future certifications will be granted to companies in the occupied territory.
Don’t be fooled by the clean-energy rhetoric on this new 1,000 km power line – this is about infrastructural annexation of occupied land.
The following overview enlists stock-exchange registered companies with current or recent operations in occupied Western Sahara. Updated 29 November 2025.
187 Parliamentarians voted to ignore the ruling of the CJEU, the interests of EU farmers, the rights of the EU consumers and the aspirations of the Saharawi people. Here they are.
EU lawmakers today had a golden opportunity to stand up for European consumers. Backed by a solid majority, the Parliament came close to overturning the Commission.
Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan.
The French-owned Azura Group, a producer of agricultural and aquaculture products in occupied Western Sahara, has taken a remarkably political stance - openly praising Morocco’s “national cause” and “territorial integrity.”
Swedish company S2H2+Bm Concept AB has so far refused to clarify whether its planned green hydrogen plant will be located in Morocco proper or in occupied Western Sahara.
Despite repeated requests, the organisation does not clarify why its food safety certificate ignores legal boundaries.
A publicly organised mission will take Canary companies into occupied Western Sahara later this month.
Representatives from all political groups in the European Parliament today grilled the European Commission over bending EU rules to appease Morocco with regard to labelling of products from occupied Western Sahara.
The certification scheme that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied Western Sahara.
French agri-supplier Sofruce deleted false territorial claims and certificate references after scrutiny.
Behind the headlines and diplomatic spin suggesting that the Security Council is now siding with Morocco lies a more complex reality - one that hinges on the very right that Rabat has spent decades trying to bury: self-determination.
A packet of cherry tomatoes sold this week in a French supermarket illustrates the confusion triggered by the European Commission’s rushed attempt to adapt EU consumer and trade rules to Morocco’s claims over occupied Western Sahara.
The Dutch-Norwegian fish feed producer in Turkey refers to mysterious MarinTrust certificates when importing from occupied Western Sahara.
The certification system greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied Western Sahara - under false country of origin.
The certification company LSQA has ceased all activity in Western Sahara, where it had previously certified Moroccan producers operating in the occupied territory.
A decade after it was first announced, the fate of one of Enel’s wind farms in occupied Western Sahara remains uncertain.
The legal advisory firm Global Diligence, which presents itself as expert on ‘heightened due diligence’, misrepresents international law in occupied Western Sahara.
In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.
As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels.
A wave of reactions is rippling across Europe following the news that the EU is moving ahead with a new trade agreement in occupied Western Sahara. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow.
WSRW can today reveal a leaked EU document showing plans to continue trading with products from occupied Western Sahara, in direct violation of earlier rulings by the EU Court of Justice. A vote will take place this Wednesday.
Water pouring out of Moroccan faucets is soon powered by energy stolen from occupied Western Sahara.
The certification scheme MSC guarantees that no fisheries in Western Sahara are certified. But Spanish food distributors give another impression.
Dutch-Norwegian fish feed giant admits using conflict fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. Yesterday, it removed a fake sustainability claim from its website.
Tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara, certified by GLOBALG.A.P., are being sold in German grocery stores with a false country of origin.
A Saharawi refugee farmer expresses shock about the German certification scheme qualifying Moroccan agriculture in his illegally occupied homeland as sustainable.
The French town of Dreux considers ignoring a ruling in the French courts and to engage with a controversial energy operation in occupied Western Sahara.
A German certification scheme for responsible farming refers to Moroccan settler agriculture on occupied land as “responsible”.
The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement.
Nearly a year after the EU Court struck down the EU-Morocco trade agreement for including occupied Western Sahara, Brussels appears ready to test the limits of international law once again.
The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied Western Sahara.
IFS Food - a label meant to guarantee protection against food fraud - facilitates a practice of food fraud.
“The award for the most ironic company slogan goes to TÜV Rheinland”, stated WSRW.
An organisation that promotes responsible use of freshwater lends a hand to the controversial French-Moroccan agri-business Azura in occupied Western Sahara.
The home-sharing company has removed references to “Morocco” from locations in occupied Western Sahara.
Secret talks in Brussels suggest EU and Moroccan trade representatives may be preparing to bypass international law on Western Sahara.
Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer Carrefour of deceptively marketing Azura-brand tomatoes from Western Sahara as “Moroccan”.
The French renewable company no longer includes its wind farm in occupied Western Sahara in its public financial reporting.
A 500 MW hyperscale data center for Artificial Intelligence is being envisaged in the 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?
When the Danish renewable‑energy firm GreenGo Energy requested government guidance for its planned activities in Western Sahara, the Danish embassy declined.
A company from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied Western Sahara later this year.
The French fish oil giant concedes presence in the occupied territory.
The last remaining importer of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara in Australia has announced that it will no longer purchase the conflict mineral.
The long-promised Bitcoin wind farm in occupied Western Sahara has seemingly come to a complete standstill.
The firm announces it will render its services to a project that raises deep concerns over international law and human rights.
For the twelfth year in a row, WSRW publishes a detailed, annual overview of the companies involved in the purchase of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara.
WSRW has traced the imports of phosphate rock to a dock just adjacent to a subsidiary of Japanese company Taiheiyo Cement Corporation.
Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied Western Sahara to the Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals.
Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm are now arriving in the occupied territory.
Eight UN rapporteurs call on Morocco to stop tearing down Saharawi property as the Kingdom expands green energy projects in occupied Western Sahara.
The massive ports that Morocco is constructing in occupied Western Sahara are made with cement of the German multinational.
Allianz congratulated the Moroccan people with what was one of the gravest violations of International law since the second world war.
The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied Western Sahara, and a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to Morocco proper – assisting the North African kingdom in its blatant violation of international law and Saharawi rights.
The French company - which claims to excel at understanding of regulations - seemingly fails to know in which country it is supporting businesses.
The Finnish company Wärtsilä refers to Western Sahara as part of Morocco and cites the positions of “certain countries” to justify its operations in the occupied territory.
The German multinational - which supplies the Moroccan energy projects in the occupied territory - fails to grasp EU court rulings.
WSRW was present as the Brazilian company Votorantim last week received a cargo of sand from occupied Western Sahara in Tenerife, Spain.
WSRW strongly condemns Engie's blatant disdain for international law in occupied Western Sahara.
The French multinational will not clarify how its monster-deal with Morocco's state-owned phosphate company relates to occupied Western Sahara.
Kosmos Energy has finally taken down a website that was set up to embellish its oil and gas exploration offshore Western Sahara.
The French multinational will not respond to questions about its potential stake in a wind energy project in occupied Western Sahara in partnership with the Moroccan prime minister.
The Belgian-related UAE company Dahamco is to invest several billion dollars in a highly problematic energy project on occupied territory.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Western Sahara Resource Watch.
The EU Court of Justice has dismissed the European Commission's request to rectify specific paragraphs in its 2024 rulings, as it questions whether the majority of the people of Western Sahara live outside of the territory.
In a legal note, the EU Council admits that the highest EU court has definitively annulled the EU-Morocco Trade and Fisheries Agreements as they applied to Western Sahara, marking a clear victory for the Saharawi people’s struggle for self-determination.
The French Court's confirmation comes a week after representatives of the Spanish agricultural sector called on the EU to end tomato imports from Western Sahara.
Three months have passed since the EU Court of Justice banned EU-Morocco trade deals in occupied Western Sahara. The EU Commission is still in the dark on how to take it from here.
The EU commission has informed the aviation industry that Western Sahara is not part of the EU's aviation deal with Morocco.
The construction of a highly problematic fuel factory in occupied Western Sahara is to kick off in 2027.
The arson appears to be politically motivated, with anti-Western Sahara, pro-Morocco graffiti spray-painted in front of the office of the NGO Global Aktion in Copenhagen, Denmark.
GE Vernova, Siemens Energy and Larsen & Toubro are among the multinationals that have reportedly expressed interest to aid Morocco transport energy generated in occupied Western Sahara to Morocco proper.
At a time when the French government is ignoring all international law in Western Sahara, it places its own companies in serious risk, WSRW warns.
The Irish airline has announced a new route to Dakhla in “Morocco”, praising the occupying power for its ”support and vision in securing this major investment".
… in just one year, and under the EU-Morocco trade agreement alone.
WSRW has summarised the key findings of the landmark rulings on Western Sahara of the EU Court of Justice, of 4 October 2024.
Days after the ECJ ruling, Morocco is still trying to find a company that will connect its illegal energy projects in occupied Western Sahara to the Moroccan grid.
The US company GE Vernova is seemingly gambling with its lucrative projects elsewhere when it operates in occupied Western Sahara for the Moroccan government.
The Moroccan government is allegedly planning a $2.1 billion investment in new controversial infrastructure projects in occupied Western Sahara.
Last week, the Norwegian shipping company Green Reefers delivered frozen fish to Russia that had been caught in occupied Western Sahara in violation of international law.
The UN Secretary General notes the concerns of Morocco's use of the natural resources in Western Sahara in his latest report to the UN Security Council.
The highest Court in the EU has ruled that Western Sahara products cannot be labelled as originating from the neighbouring country Morocco. Help us to investigate in your supermarket.
The European Parliament has expressed itself in favour of holding debates in three parliament committees about the exclusion of Western Sahara from EU-Morocco trade agreements.
What should we expect from the EU institutions, the member states and the businesses now as David beat Goliath in the EU Court of Justice? WSRW has carved out some suggested steps.
Saharawi refugees today took to the streets in the refugee camps to celebrate the victories in the EU Court of Justice.
“This is a momentous victory for the people of Western Sahara. At a time when international law is under pressure, it is fundamental that the EU follows its own court and stops collaborating with the occupier through illegal trade agreements”, stated Western Sahara Resource Watch. This morning, the EU Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling.
In its ruling this morning, 4 October 2024 the EU Court of Justice ruled that products from Western Sahara on the EU market cannot be labelled “from Morocco”.
The EU Commission this afternoon commented on its loss in the EU Court of Justice regarding trade and fisheries in the territory of Western Sahara.
So far, no oil and gas have been discovered in Western Sahara. Two exploration licences are today operated by foreign companies, both from Israel, both offshore.
The French company Engie has since 2023 been installing windmills in occupied Western Sahara for a massive project that would lead to the large-scale settlement of Moroccan farmers in the occupied territory.
For the eleventh year in a row, Western Sahara Resource Watch publishes a detailed, annual overview of the companies involved in the purchase of conflict phosphates from occupied Western Sahara.
For the first time, Portugal is the biggest exporter of gas products into occupied Western Sahara.
The French government intends to finance a cable that will transport energy from Morocco's illegal projects in occupied Western Sahara to Morocco proper.
The two Spanish companies that are exporting practically all petroleum into occupied Western Sahara remain non-communicative.
How can it be wrong to develop renewable energy, in a world that is in desperate need for a green transition? In Western Sahara, the problems are numerous.
The Advocate General of the EU’s top Court backs the legal status of the people of Western Sahara. Final Judgment expected in a few months.