The following overview enlists stock-exchange registered companies with current or recent operations in occupied Western Sahara. Updated 3 November 2025.
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.
Labelling those products as originating in the Kingdom of Morocco instead of originating in Western Sahara breaches EU law, the Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice concludes.
After undertaking work for the Moroccan state phosphate company in Western Sahara, the Danish consultancy giant COWI states that it “will not engage in further projects" in the occupied territory.
An external evaluation report on the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement 2019-2023 confirms that the agreement revolves, in its entirety, around Western Sahara.
At the company’s Annual General Meeting on 26 February 2024, Siemens Energy’s board could not rule out any further projects in occupied Western Sahara.
The WSRW report P for Plunder 2023 to be published in April 2023 will contain information on all vessels that departed occupied Western Sahara from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
A US company is partnering with the government of Morocco for an infrastructure project in the illegally occupied Western Sahara.
WSRW has never received a response that politically propagated the occupation to the degree as the one received from a French campaigner for Morocco on behalf of renewable energy company HDF Energy.
WSRW has been invited to contribute to an EU Commission document on trade with Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara. This is why we reject taking part.
Half of Moroccan shellfish exporters approved for export into the EU, are in fact located in occupied Western Sahara.
Morocco has for six years avoided directing plunder vessels via South Africa, whose courts have ruled the phosphate plunder of occupied Western Sahara to be illegal. First test is taking place now.
The Erasmus+ financed youth exchange that was supposed to take place in Dakhla, occupied Western Sahara, has reportedly been moved.
The Norwegian government pension fund has announced that it has excluded Delek Group from its portfolio due to its petroleum exploration offshore occupied Western Sahara.
A project supported by the EU Commission's Erasmus+ programme is to send European youth to “North Africa” - but without informing them that they are lured into normalising the illegal occupation of Western Sahara.
Saharawi civil society voices concern over Morocco's gigaplans for renewable energy in occupied Western Sahara during COP28 climate summit and to UN special rapporteur.
As leaders, businesses and civil society from all over the world gather for climate talks in Dubai, one people remains basically unrepresented.
The German government has clarified that its financial support for Siemens Energy will include a provision excluding the firm’s projects in “Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara”.
French HDF Energy announces its partnership in gigantic green hydrogen production project in occupied Western Sahara.
Companies that want to be perceived as taking human rights responsibly, should not bid on a large tender that will connect Morocco's illegal energy production in Western Sahara to the Moroccan grid, WSRW warns.