Advocacy

Focus on: Can the proposed European directive on environmental crime increase prosecutions and sanctions for multinationals?

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Legal Doctrine Articles, Research and Studies

13 September 2023 – In December 2021, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the Directive on the protection of the...

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[Opinion] Journalist associations call for action against SLAPP proceedings

Advocacy, Protecting the public debate advocacy, Sherpa in the media

In recent months, judicial attacks on the freedom of expression of journalists, activists and NGOs have multiplied in France and represent...

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Directive on corporate Due Diligence: Conservative MEPs go against citizens’ expectations

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 12 April 2023 – Two weeks before a decisive vote is due to take place at the European Parliament on the Corporate...

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Focus on: Environmental issues under the proposed European Directive on the Duty of Vigilance

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

October 2022 – Last February, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on “corporate sustainability due...

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Report: How French banks fuel deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Reports

Paris, Novembre 28, 2022 – As deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, a new...

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Focus on: Can the proposed European Directive on the Duty of Vigilance close the corporate accountability gap?

Advocacy, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

6 September 2022 – Last February, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on “corporate sustainability due...

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Activists call for EU to tip the scales on new human rights and sustainability rules for business

Advocacy, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 6 September 2022 – Today, activists set up ‘scales of justice’ in front of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels to ask EU...

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Socfin/Bolloré plantations: rising profits, ongoing repression

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en

Paris, 24 May 2022 – From Sierra Leone to Nigeria, through Cameroon, Guinea and Ivory Coast, communities living near the industrial...

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CASE: EU Anti-SLAPP Initiative Encouraging, All Eyes On Member States

Advocacy, Front page, Press release-en, Protecting the public debate advocacy

Brussels, 28.04.2022 – The European Commission’s proposals represent a crucial first step forward in the fight against SLAPPs in...

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Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: the proposal finally unveiled by the Commission must be improved

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 23 February 2022 – After many delays, the European Commission has just published its proposal for a directive imposing a corporate...

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Creating a Public Authority to Enforce the Duty of Vigilance Law: A Step Backward?

Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Legal Doctrine Articles, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Sherpa publishes an analysis and recommendations with respect to the potential creation of an authority in charge of enforcing the French...

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