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

After many delays, the European Commission has just published its proposal for a directive imposing a corporate duty of vigilance in human rights and…

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Climate litigation against Total: the Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the judicial court

Paris, 18 November 2021 – In the climate litigation brought by 5 NGOs and 13 local authorities against Total, the Versailles Court of Appeal…

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

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

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

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

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

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First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

This blogpost was originally published on 26 March 2021 as part of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre series on mandatory human rights…

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Bolloré/Socapalm : the judge rules in favor of the NGOs !

While Bolloré tried to have the NGOs’ claim dismissed, the judge agreed with the NGOs. She ruled that an agreement resulting from a mediation…

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Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino over deforestation and human rights violations

Indigenous groups to seek compensation for damages in first case brought against retail chain under groundbreaking French law to prevent social and environmental violations in supply chains.

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Climate change litigation against Total: a first victory for the NGOs and local authorities

Paris, 11 February 2021 – In the climate change litigation against Total, the tribunal ruled in favour of the 5 NGOs and 14 local…

Analysis and recommendations

Corporate Impunity

Strengthening Corporate Accountability: Toward an Ambitious European Legislation on the Duty of Vigilance

January 26, 2021 – Adopted in 2017 after a long advocacy, the French law on the duty of vigilance is a world first in…

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Corporate Impunity

Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to Address Environmental Harms

Lucie Chatelain from Sherpa and Paul Mougeolle from Notre Affaire à Tous wrote an article, “Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to…

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“Mining with meaning”: the content of vigilance plans is still insufficient according to a new study published by Sherpa

Paris, October 29, 2020 – In a study on vigilance in the supply chains of minerals used in the energy transition, Sherpa highlights the…

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Indigenous organisations and NGO coalition warn top French supermarket Casino: do not sell beef from deforestation in Brazil and Colombia – or face French law

Paris, 21 September 2020 – An international coalition of associations (Canopée, CPT, Envol Vert, Mighty Earth, Notre Affaire à Tous, and Sherpa) and representative Indigenous…

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Continuing opacity: the court denies access to information on perenco’s oil activities

The Court of Appeal denied Sherpa and Friends of the Earth’s request to authorize a bailiff to seize documents at Perenco France’s headquarters. The…

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Report to the AMF about Total’s Financial informations & Climate Risks

Paris, 28 May 2020 – Notre Affaire à Tous and Sherpa have reported to the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) potential contradictions, inaccuracies and…

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

Climate litigation against Total: the Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the judicial court

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

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

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

First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

Bolloré/Socapalm : the judge rules in favor of the NGOs !

Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino over deforestation and human rights violations

Climate change litigation against Total: a first victory for the NGOs and local authorities

Strengthening Corporate Accountability: Toward an Ambitious European Legislation on the Duty of Vigilance

Towards EU Legislation on Corporate Accountability: the Need to Address Environmental Harms

“Mining with meaning”: the content of vigilance plans is still insufficient according to a new study published by Sherpa

Indigenous organisations and NGO coalition warn top French supermarket Casino: do not sell beef from deforestation in Brazil and Colombia – or face French law

Continuing opacity: the court denies access to information on perenco’s oil activities

Report to the AMF about Total’s Financial informations & Climate Risks

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