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Corporate Influence

Rana Plaza, already 2 years – Complaint against Auchan for misleading commercial practices: the associations take civil action

Our organisations filed a complaint against the distributor for misleading commercial practices, Auchan’s communication on its ethical commitments being of a nature to mislead…

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Corporate Impunity

Open letter to members of the European Parliament regarding European regulation of conflict minerals

The European Union (EU) encompasses some 500 million consumers and represents both the largest economy and the largest economic community in the world. Each…

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Corporate Impunity

Vinci in Qatar: Nanterre’s public prosecutor launches a preliminary investigation

Paris, April 27, 2015 —On March 23, 2015, Sherpa filed a complaint for forced labor and servitude against Vinci Construction Grands Projets and the…

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Corporate Impunity

Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy: we must wait no longer to definitively pass the bill on the duty of care

On the anniversary of the Rana Plaza catastrophe, civil society organisations request that the government announce the date of examination before the Senate of…

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Civic Space

Legal action against Vinci in Qatar: Vinci institutes defamation proceedings, claiming exorbitant damages from Sherpa Organisation and its employees

Paris, Thursday, 16 April 2015 – in response to the proceedings we instituted against Vinci Construction Grands Projects and its Qatari subsidiary on 23rd…

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Civic Space

Azerbaijan: EITI Board should sanction government for civil society crackdown

280 groups from 35 countries urge the EITI Board to protect free and independent civic participation in the initiative. In a letter submitted today…

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Corporate Impunity

Complaint against Vinci Construction, Vinci denies the charges but the evidence is there

On March 23rd, Sherpa filed a complaint against Vinci Construction for forced labor, servitude and concealment with regards to its sites in Qatar that…

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Corporate Impunity

A historic first step for multinationals’ duty of care!

March 31, 2015 – Yesterday the French National Assembly passed a bill at first reading on the duty of care of parent companies and contracting businesses.…

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Corporate Impunity

2022 World Cup in Qatar: Sherpa Files Complaint against Vinci Construction and the Management of its Qatar Branch QDVC

Sherpa files a complaint against Vinci Construction Grands Projects (VCGP) and the French managers of its Qatari branch (QDVC) over violations concerning forced labour,…

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Illicit Financial Flows

European Commission “Tax transparency package”: when transparency continues to rhyme with confidentiality

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 – Today, the European Commission published its new “Tax transparency package” in response to the Luxleaks scandal. If the proposed…

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Corporate Impunity

Second Bill on Multinationals’ Duty of Vigilance: Little Change in Committee Stage

Paris 11th March 2015. Tabled on 11th February by the socialist group, the new draft law on the duty of vigilance has just been…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Long awaited investigation into Glencore for alleged tax dodging, shows EU Bank’s lack of transparency and vulnerability to abuse

Brussels – 5 February 2015- The European Investment Bank (EIB) is virtually powerless in the face of abuse of its own funds, an internal investigation…

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Corporate Impunity

COMILOG: 20 years for victims’ voices to be heard and it’s still a matter of uncertainty

Paris, Friday, January 30 — Sherpa welcomes the decision taken by the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) this Wednesday which, by rejecting the…

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Corporate Impunity

A large majority of French people support the end of impunity for multinational corporations What will the deputies do during the plenary review of the law on the duty of care?

Paris, 29 January – According to a CSA poll commissioned by the Forum Citoyen pour la RSE (Citizen Forum for CSR) (1), French people…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Transparency in the extractive industries: what will change on 1 January 2015 with the new law

The law which introduces the obligation for the petroleum, gas, mining and forestry industries to publish all payments made to governments, project by project…

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Rana Plaza, already 2 years – Complaint against Auchan for misleading commercial practices: the associations take civil action

Open letter to members of the European Parliament regarding European regulation of conflict minerals

Vinci in Qatar: Nanterre’s public prosecutor launches a preliminary investigation

Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy: we must wait no longer to definitively pass the bill on the duty of care

Legal action against Vinci in Qatar: Vinci institutes defamation proceedings, claiming exorbitant damages from Sherpa Organisation and its employees

Azerbaijan: EITI Board should sanction government for civil society crackdown

Complaint against Vinci Construction, Vinci denies the charges but the evidence is there

A historic first step for multinationals’ duty of care!

2022 World Cup in Qatar: Sherpa Files Complaint against Vinci Construction and the Management of its Qatar Branch QDVC

European Commission “Tax transparency package”: when transparency continues to rhyme with confidentiality

Second Bill on Multinationals’ Duty of Vigilance: Little Change in Committee Stage

Long awaited investigation into Glencore for alleged tax dodging, shows EU Bank’s lack of transparency and vulnerability to abuse

COMILOG: 20 years for victims’ voices to be heard and it’s still a matter of uncertainty

A large majority of French people support the end of impunity for multinational corporations What will the deputies do during the plenary review of the law on the duty of care?

Transparency in the extractive industries: what will change on 1 January 2015 with the new law

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