Environment and Climate

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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Casino case: The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous community joins the legal action

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris / Sao Paulo / Bogota – January 12, 2023 – As a hearing will be held today in the Casino case related to deforestation and...

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Deforestation in the Amazon: organisations refuse the mediation proposal in the legal action against Casino

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris / Bogota / Sao Paulo – December 2, 2022 – The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the...

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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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French oil company Perenco sued over environmental damage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Paris, November 9, 2022 – Sherpa and Friends of the Earth France, supported by the  Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA-US),...

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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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Victory over the transnational corporation Perenco: a step forward in the fight against opacity and for access to justice

Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strategic litigation

Paris, 10 March 2022 – Yesterday, the Court of cassation (French supreme court) ruled in favour of Sherpa and Friends of the Earth...

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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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NGOs call out to Perenco: end the opacity to put a stop to the impunity of the multinational

Corporate capture litigation, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 28 July 2021 – In a letter made public today, Sherpa, Friends of the Earth France and Avocats sans Frontières call the oil...

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Off the hook? How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses

Corporate capture advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en

Paris, 21 June 2021 – Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights...

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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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