The Complicity Index: Every Corporation Profiting from NEOM's Human Cost

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

NEOM corporate complicity means the international firms named in the project’s strategy, design, construction, logistics, and technology stack: McKinsey, BIG, Bechtel, DSV, and dozens more. This index tracks what each company did for NEOM, what payment or exposure is public, and what human-rights due diligence has or has not been disclosed.

NEOM is not built by Saudi Arabia. It is built by a global supply chain of corporations — strategy consultants who designed the plans, architecture firms who drew the renderings, construction companies who poured the concrete, logistics firms who moved the materials, and technology partners who provided the systems. Each of these corporations operates under the legal frameworks of its home jurisdiction. Each has human rights obligations under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and — for European firms — the emerging requirements of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Each has a communications department that issues statements about corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ethical business practices.

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The Complicity Index: Every Corporation Profiting from NEOM's Human Cost