Advocacy

Our advocacy work in action

Sherpa was born out of a fundamental observation: the gap between the political, economic, and social existence of multinational companies and their legal non-existence. Drawing on its legal actions, legal research and work with partners, Sherpa conducts advocacy actions at national and European levels and proposes innovative solutions. Our actions aim to bring about systemic change.

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Investigation and report
Corporate Impunity

McDonald’s France, Yves Rocher, Nestlé France, France Télévisions, Primark France… 27% of companies would have failed to comply with the French Law on the Duty of Vigilance

Paris, 29 June - On 27 March 2017, the French Law on the duty of vigilance was enacted. This law is unprecedented and has a clear ambition: to impose a duty of vigilance on large French companies and hold them into account before French courts for human rights violations and serious environmental violations resulting from the activities of their subsidiaries, suppliers and subcontractors in France and abroad
Open Letter
Corporate Impunity

Open letter on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)

Open letter on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) Dear Ministers, Commissioners, Members of Parliament and of the European Parliament, We are writing to you…

Impact

Why Advocate?

Sherpa

Today, public debates and decisions on the regulation of economic players are often dominated by the economic interests themselves. Our advocacy endeavours, carried out in collaboration with other civil society players, aims to ensure that the voices of citizens, communities and those affected are heard.

Sherpa

Sherpa exposes the human rights and environmental violations observed on the ground by our partners and demonstrates that the law is often ill-adapted to the problems caused by globalisation. Drawing on its expertise, Sherpa calls into question legal frameworks that allow, or even encourage, impunity for economic actors.

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Sherpa develops recommendations for a better understanding of economic realities and proposes an innovative legislative arsenal. Our actions are aimed at changing the law to create a legal framework that better protects the environment, communities, and workers.